It's Now Legal to Crack Your PC Games

[Marcus Yam]

...but strictly for security purposes. New DMCA rules make it legal to rip your DVDs, jailbreak and unlock your phones too.

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[aznguy0028]

woo awesome.....today is a good day!... (to die) [starcraft pun]

 

[buddhav1]

Score one for Legit players. Thanks for holding us back, pirates.

 

[maigo]

wow

 

[Guest]

Interesting and good news!

 

[snotling]

I see progress in congress

 

[guantan]

this is great news. I think Apple will still not allow it for some reason.

 

[Kryan]

somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but...this is spectacular news, no?
my REAL question...WHAT ABOUT MUSIC??? also, if I am "caught" with a DVD rip in, let's say, Australia (where they search your ext HDD), how can I prove that "it's ok, I own the original!"

 

[Yuka]

It's so good that it actually scares me a bit... Nice.

But how does this affect prior accusations and demands? Does it affect at all? When does it come into effect?

Cheers!

 

[jimslaid2]

Holy Moley! This is awesome! Go EFF and LC!

 

[jellico]

Marcus, technically the DMCA didn't get a revision. The Library of Congress, which administrates copyright legislation like the DMCA, meets every three years to review requests for exceptions. These can be both new exceptions and renewals. The jailbreak exception is a new one and is good for three years (if they don't renew it in 2013, it goes back to Apple's favor). The exception for ebooks is a renewal. The law has not technically been changed. Just a little clarification there.

 

[mrecio]

So does this mean they have to prove you down own the original when you have rips of music and movies on your HD?

 

[requiemsallure]

So people can legally add LAN to SC2 now!! awesome!

though they would have done it anyway.

 

[getritch]

Freakin-A! Take that UbiSoft!
my question is...is my Htc Hero's warranty still voided?

 

[coldmast]

Operating of games while not on the Internet is surely a security measure. Sorry Ubisoft, if I can't play it on the go I'm not buying it for the lappy.

 

[blazeorangeman]

I see people are taking the movie "Inception" quite literally, awesome glad to see that it works!

 

[Maziar]

to getrich
It will be voided if you root it AFAIK

 

[the_krasno]

Good for you, but I live in a country with outdated laws
Change has to spread here as well!

 

[killerclick]

I can't believe it that Library of Congress is in the pocket of Big Consumer! Why can't they leave hard working publishing executives alone?!

 

[hellwig]

[citation][nom]getritch[/nom]...my question is...is my Htc Hero's warranty still voided?[/citation]
Of course it is. There's no law against pouring sugar in your own gas tank either, but if you run your car like that, no way Ford's gonna cover the damage.