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Is it illegal to jailbreak in the UK?

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This is why devices that allow you to play copied console games have been banned the UK. So, (my interpretation) if you jailbreak in order to run legitimate software that Apple won't allow on it's AppStore that's fine. But if you jailbreak so you can run paid Apps for free you are breaking the law.Dec 19, 2011 read more

Earlier this week, the Library of Congress in the United States ruled that it's entirely legal to jailbreak your iPhone. read more

The Librarian of Congress did not provide an exemption for jailbreaking tablets, so jailbreaking an iPad is illegal, even if you’re doing it for the same reason. If you jailbreak your iPhone, you’re a consumer exercising your rights, but if you jailbreak your iPad, you’re a criminal. read more

Jailbreaking an iPhone (and by extension rooting an Android phone) isn't, never has and probably never will be illegal. Contrary to what others have said, the intention makes no difference here. The question is not "Is jailbreaking my iPhone illegal if I only use it for X". The question is simply is it illegal, to which the answer is no. read more

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