Apple Hacks hacker: iBook Stops Working with Greenpois0n Hack

If you were watching the scene news regarding Apple jailbreaking, you probably noticed some consternation from people that ran the latest hack to Greenpois0n iOS 4.2.1. It seems that is the cause of a DRM-e-Books, causing the iBook app to refuse to read purchased, DRM-protected content. While this is being criticized as an attack against the jailbreak Community, reports are pointing towards it, being a legitimate defense against the piracy of copyrighted content.

The big question that I asked was whether this was against the law by Apple because jailbreaking was legal. Apple can only say you're protect Publisher owned content in a case like this, or will we see a suit claiming that Apple is blocking access to paid content on jailbroken phones? I'm not a lawyer, but I'm guessing the former in a case like this. You should determine that jailbreaking is nothing criminal, but if you can break DRM and just take those content to any device, I think Apple has a case.

An update, the iPhone Dev Team has already released an update to their popular PwnageTool which applies a workaround for the DRM control. I think we will be able to see first hand what Apple's intentions are when responding to this update with patches or fixes.

I can tell you one thing for certain; Apple doesn't make a lot of things to be popular at the moment. What do you think? You have a jailbroken iPhone? What are your thoughts on DRM content within a sandbox as iOS instead a neutral approach to DRM as Google or Amazong device? Let me know in the comments.

Jason Kennedy avoid using iTunes for purchases of media, and in General iTunes causes pairs of sneezing and swelling. You can follow him on Twitter.

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