22:26 03.12.2008
Hackers, Others Seek DMCA Exemptions
The U.S. Copyright Office has received nine requests for exemptions to anti-hacking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Among them, they include making it legal to hack digital rights management protection on movies, music and videos for backup and research purposes. Another allows hacking of smartphones, which could allow iPhone owners to use Firefox instead of Safari on their devices.
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