jailable
adjEtymology From jail + -able.
1
Of an offence For which one may be jailed.
- Copyright laws – that is, “IP laws” – ban tampering with DRM, making it a serious, jailable felony to provide others with tools to bypass DRM. From Section 1201 of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Canada’s Bill C-32 to Article 6 of the EU Copyright Directive, countries around the world have imposed indiscriminate bans on breaking DRM.2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine:
2
Able to be jailed.
- Antonyms
- unjailable
- Derived terms
- nonjailable