The AP is reporting that the Library of Congress has now given DMCA exemptions that allow the following:
1. “Jailbreaking” the iPhone in order to install applications that are not approved by Apple
2. owners of cell phones to break access controls on the phones in order to switch wireless carriers
3. allow the breaking of technical protections on video games in order to look at or correct security flaws
4. Allow college professors, documentary filmmakers and college students to break copy protection on DVDs to embed clips for educational purposes
This is big news. As to item 4, the industry has been lobbying against this for quite a while and it looks as if they lost.
As to jailbreaking, it may now be legal, but that has no effect on Apple’s warranty terms. It will still void your warranty. I haven’t been able to find a link to the actual text of the exemptions.
Interesting. Does this mean iPhone will work with Sprint PCS now?…
In the case of the iPhone, no, it isn’t going to suddenly start working on Sprint. iPhones are not compatible with Sprint (or Verizon).
So even if it was carrier unlocked you could only use it on AT&T’s cell network in the US (or T-Mobile if you don’t want 3G data since T-Mobile’s 3G data isn’t compatible with the iPhone.)
And it isn’t like Apple was chasing after the people already jailbreaking the iPhone. They just don’t have to support anyone who does it since it voids the warrantee. This ruling doesn’t change that.
No. Sprint (along with Verizon) are CDMA carriers so it takes more than a simple unlock to get them to work on their networks.
You just need to convert your dvd and video to mp4 video, then you can add it to your iTunes library, plug in your iPhone to computer and sync your iPhone, that’s all. If you need detailed info, here is a step by step guide at aneesoft for you, it’s easy to understand and works pretty well for me