US Copyright Office: It's Illegal to 'Jailbreak' Your Tablet

Consumer technology rights have long been at the forefront of discussion in the world of technology. The idea is simple: we bought it, we own it: we can do what we want with it. Unfortunately, at a recent review of exemptions to its Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the United States Copyright Office has concluded that consumers do not have the right to 'jailbreak' tablets or consoles (a necessary part of heavily customising such devices), though mobile phones (which often run the same operating systems as their larger tablet brethren) are perfectly okay. See the article below from The Verge, and watch SourceFed's video included with this article.

Article: The Verge

Apple, Bruce Willis Bring Digital Rights Issues to the Forefront

Lee Newton and Steve Zaragoza of SourceFed, YouTube's largest general news channel, discuss the outrage of actor Bruce Willis (Die Hard, RED) against Apple because of an iTunes policy that states that when you purchase from iTunes, you aren't actually purchasing music from iTunes. That's right.

According to the iTunes Terms and Conditions, you aren't buying the music, but merely a right to listen to the music.

This brings up a very important question for all of us in the digital age:

Is it okay for us to merely be renting this digital content? How can this impact the classroom? Leave your response in the comment section down below.