According to ReadWriteWeb, over 1 million people were done waiting on the jailbreak for A5-running devices, and jailbroke their iPhone 4Ss and iPad 2s through Absinthe.  However, if the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) isn’t successful in renewing the jailbreaking exemption law put in place 3 years ago, tweak users and Cydia browsers may soon be faced with some legal threats.

The U.S Copyright Office granted protection by amending the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA for people who modify their iOS devices so they can install apps not authorized by Apple (Jailbreaking) is going to expire soon.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling supporters to sign a petition to renew the jailbreaking exemption law.

The idea that you might face criminal charges because you altered your own property is totally unfair, The goal here is to make the law really clear.

Rebecca Jeschke, Media relations director & digital rights analyst EFF

If this protection is not renewed, Apple, as well as other companies, will have the ability to take legal action against the user, as well as the publisher who gave access to the cracked files.

You can sign the petition here

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