Mozilla Corporation has recently announced that it supported a move aimed at discarding the copyright infringement charges that had been brought to those who „jailbreak” their iPhones, which Apple deems as a practice that violates the law.

In the comments it submitted to the United States Copyright Office, the Firefox maker stated that it was backing the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) decision to request an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

The EEF has asked the Copyright Office to allow users to jailbreak their phones without that rendering them likely to be accused of copyright law violation.

On their part, Apple Incorporated is opposed to the request for exemption and has stated for the Copyright Office in the documents they filed that jailbreaking represented copyright infringement.

In an interview on Monday, Mozilla Chief Executing Officer (CEO) John Lilly said that they were not criticizing Apple, but that it was their belief that choice was not to be criminalized since it was a beneficial thing for consumers.

The term „jailbreaking” is used to describe dodging the digital rights management (DRM) technology on cell phones in order for users to come to be enabled to install third-party applications that are not authorized by the phone's maker or its carrier.

The term became popular after some groups of programmers managed to find a way to hack Apple iPhone's operating system.

eBay-owned Skype has also voiced its support for the EEF’s request, stating that copyright laws should not prevent a user from taking advantage of the benefits Skype provided, such as low- or no-cost long-distance and international calling.