Unfortunately, it isn't a question of should it be legal or not. Anybody with any common sense can see that it should not be illegal, but common sense does not rule our country.
The DMCA makes this illegal. Good thing Homeland Security could jump in and save us here.
they are not charging people who got their consoles jailbroken. They charged the guy who was jailbreaking them for money.
Moreover, the analogy you have is completely irrelevant. I was not arguing against the moral issue behind it. I was saying he broke the LAW and thatz it.
Why should it be illegal for me to pay someone to remove restrictions from a device I own?