<P> In 2014, Samsung released a security service called Knox, which is a tool that prevents all modifying of system and boot files, and any attempts set an eFuse to 0x1, permanently voiding the warranty . </P> <P> International treaties have influenced the development of laws affecting rooting . The 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty requires nations party to the treaties to enact laws against DRM circumvention . The American implementation is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which includes a process for establishing exemptions for non-copyright - infringing purposes such as rooting . The 2001 European Copyright Directive implemented the treaty in Europe, requiring member states of the European Union to implement legal protections for technological protection measures . The Copyright Directive includes exceptions to allow breaking those measures for non-copyright - infringing purposes, such as to run alternative software, but member states vary on the implementation of the directive . </P> <P> In 2010, Electronic Frontiers Australia said that it is unclear whether rooting is legal in Australia, and that anti-circumvention laws may apply . These laws were strengthened by the Copyright Amendment Act 2006 . </P> <P> In November 2012, Canada amended its Copyright Act with new provisions prohibiting tampering with digital locks, with exceptions including software interoperability . Rooting a device to run alternative software is a form of circumventing digital locks for the purpose of software interoperability . </P>

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