Security researchers who wanted to take the lead in improving technology received a landslide victory on Tuesday when a Florida federal judge decided to launch copyright infringement claims against the software maker. virtual for iPhone.
Last year, Apple introduced a file plet against the manufacturers of Corellium claiming that the software infringed their copyrights, and subsequently launched Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claims infractions for good measure. In his opinion, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said the software in question was covered for fair use for several reasons, but DMCA claims have yet to be resolved in court.
Researchers use Corellium software to create virtual iOS devices to investigate bugs and compare different versions of Apple’s mobile operating system. If a researcher is playing with a virtual iPhone and finds that he has finished with the device, all they have to do is restart the simulation instead of launching a new iPhone.
Judge Smith found that “Apple’s position is baffling, if not naive.” He said Corellium was not creating a product to compete with Apple and that the software had a genuine intention to improve Apple products for users. Smith was also surprised that Apple had tried to acquire Corellium before the negotiations took place. This provided a demonstration of the usefulness of Corellium, and Smith noted that “if Apple had purchased the Corellium product, the product would have been used internally to test and validate it (i.e., to verify system weaknesses and device performance).” The judge also found that Corellium uses a sufficient verification process for its customers and is therefore not guilty of claims that it sells its software indiscriminately.
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But Apple’s arguments that Corellium violated certain provisions of the DMCA by circumventing security measures will require further judicial review.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
They’ve had a couple of fantastic weeks for Corellium. This legal victory should help remove the cloud over the cybersecurity community that he has been nervous on the use of virtualization software. Besides, Forbes named Corellium the best cybersecurity product of the year. And last week, flying under the radar, President Trump, Corellium founder Chris Wade, received a full pardon. It is unclear what crime was convicted of Wade, But tsaid the White House that “Wade served two years of probation after pleading guilty to several cybercrimes. Since his conviction, he has shown remorse and wanted to make his community a safer place.”