Copyright Laws

[Bob Maxey]

What abouts pre-rooted Android tablets? Who gets indicted for that?

No idea. Must wait and see I suppose.

Actually, who is doing the rooting? If it is the mfg, then nobody.

 

[nickdalzell]

But if its discovered after the customer has turned the device on, wouldn't it fall under the same thing as receiving stolen property?

 

[EarlyMon]

Root a tablet and go to jail

Here is another one I saw comming:

New DMCA Excemptions Announced: Rooting Phones Remains Legal, No to Tablets

Not sure if it is true or the article is accurate but I do know it probably is so ignore the first pat of this paragraph. Past reads indicate the problem: it was never legal to JB the iPad because it a) did not exist at the time and b) it was not specifically mentioned in the last LOC decision.

Apparently, this was said:

 

[Speed Daemon]

That started with an Ars Technica article that has been thoroughly debunked as a complete misreading of the ruling.

As long as the software that gives root, Linux, is "copylefted" by the GPL license, the owner of *any* device it's installed on will always have the right to root.