US Government ruling allows video game owners to "break technical protections on video games to investigate or correct security flaws"
This was tucked away in the big ruling this morning that made it legal for phone owners to jailbreak their phones. I have to wonder just how broad the interpretations of “investigate” and “correct” are, and just what constitutes a “security flaw.” Given how problematic, if not outright Machiavellian, copy protection software has become on many computer games, I wouldn’t be surprised if this ruling leads to a new attitude in the games industry about circumventing harmful or obtrusive digital rights management (DRM) software.
