Jason Schultz Considers iPhone-Jailbreaking Ruling A Blow to Apple

-Bloomberg, July 26, 2010 by Todd Shields and Adam Satariano
http://bit.ly/cHQldK

Apple may also use other laws to keep iPhones from being modified, said Jason Schultz, co-director of the Samuelson Law Technology and Public Policy Clinic…. “Having the copyright office side with the jailbreakers doesn’t look good in court for Apple,” Schultz said in an interview. “They will have to explain why the copyright office is wrong.”

-CNET News, July 27, 2010 by Erica Ogg and Declan McCullagh
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20011702-260.html

“It is an uphill battle now for Apple. What this does is kind of shifts things in favor of users,” said Schultz. “If Apple goes to court they have to explain to a judge why the copyright office is wrong (in this case) or why other laws should trump copyright laws.”

-San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, 2010 by Benny Evangelista
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/27/BUMV1EK31O.DTL

“This ruling is quite important because we’re seeing more and more of these kinds of embedded systems,” Schultz said. “It opens the way to more competition and more innovation. It’s a groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office, which has not always been as permissive.” He said the ruling could also spur “a whole business ecosystem formed around jailbreaking.”