[gr3yh47]

Legal minds of HN: would the Sony vs Hotz case have been thrown out if this provision was in place at the time?

[raw23]

Not a lawyer, but i couldn't see why it wouldn't be thrown out.

Hotz just reversed and found an exploit on his local machine. Seems to be exactly what these provisions are covering.

[0x0539]

Nope. Wired presents this as if its a blanket exception for everything, its not.

http://ifixit.org/blog/7475/repair-coalition-wins-exemptions... is a bit more clear on the types of things that will be allowed under this.

As for the specifics of jailbreaking:

"The Register also confirmed that the exemption for gamers should not extend to jailbreaking of console software because such jailbreaking is strongly associated with video game piracy."

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/28/2015-27...