Moconews reports Skype and Mozilla have joined forces against Apple iphone statement that jailbreaking the iPhone constitutes copyright infringement by circumnavigating protection measures. Skype and Mozilla filed comments in Electronic Frontier Foundation that it should loosen the Digital Millenium Copyright Act’s restrictions on jailbreaking iPhones.
Naturally, Skype and Mozilla mobile software have a vested interest in their products being able to be free loaded onto devices, and a vested interest against a manufacturer (or carrier) preventing people from installing the software. Apple is the main target here, but the decision would have ramifications across the mobile industry (and possibly other industries).
Apple is opposed to the exemption because “it will destroy the technological protection of Apple’s key copyrighted computer programs in the iPhone device itself and of copyrighted content owned by Apple that plays on the iPhone, resulting in copyright infringement, potential damage to the device and other potential harmful physical effects, adverse effects on the functioning of the device, and breach of contract”.
