If you have been following the case they charged him for crimes he didn't commit and did it with all the wrong warrants. He is suing and so far winning all the battles.
I've been following it, and that had me in stitches. And he gets free publicity for his new projects (rumored music project)
On the rooting (i hate the jailbreaking term), I understand the industry like Sony, who argues that the material (hardware) is infact yours, and you can do with it what you want, but the software is theirs (especially when they update it the whole time).
I understand it, but on the other side, it is still not fully regulated what in the modern time is considered a good and a service, when talking about digital media.
Games for exemple for me are goods. Updated MP's are services. MS had to take a bullet in this sector a few months ago, when they sued a german company that buys and sells old Win keys.
Windows lost. The keys are legit keys and were considered goods by the judge.
This is long from over. And we the customers need also to make a stand for it, because if it would go the companies will, everything would be a service, meaning more regular fees, discontinuation of use as they please,...
In germany for exemple you pay a small fee on every recording device (CD's, usb sticks, dvd players,...) to the content industry to compensate for the private copy which is legal. But it is illegal to bypass security mesures to make a private copy. Making it impossible in modern days to make a private copy, yet you still pay the extra fees. Kind of ridiculous
And for the rooting, it's the process of rooting that is in question?
So in theory, you could root it outside the US during holydays and be one the legal side?
