DMCA updates for 2013: jailbreaking, personal copies of DVDs illegal

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Submission + - DMCA updates for 2013: jailbreaking, personal copies of DVDs illegal

Submitted by pdclarry on Sunday December 16, 2012 @03:30PM

pdclarry writes: Updates to DMCA regulations effective January 1, 2013 again make jailbreaking iPhones illegal and ban making personal copies of DVDs, along with other seemingly arbitrary changes. You also will not be able to legally hack your game console.

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