In what can be termed as an inflated response to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) proposal to the US Copyright Office, seeking to legalize the modification - the so-called "jailbreaking" - of the iPhone's software, Apple has said that "jailbroken" iPhones will not only result in crash of cell phone towers but also allow drug dealers to make free anonymous phone calls!

According to the EFF proposal, the Copyright Office should grant "jailbreaking" an exemption to the 'anti-circumvention' condition of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In support of its plea, the EFF has argued that the copyright law exemption will have a twofold benefit - it will allow iPhone owners to access applications not provided by Apple, and will help smaller mobile service providers to accept used iPhones.

However, Apple has argued that the legalization of the use of unauthorized iPhone software would put the phone networks at risk. Going a step further, the company added that iPhones with illegal software can prove to be a hazard to the telecommunications infrastructure of the country.

In order to persuade the Copyright Office to reject EFF's exemption plea, Apple said in its filing that "jailbreaking" would practically "wreak havoc" on cellular provider networks and user privacy. It said: "Hacking thus undermines the overall iPhone experience, diminishing Apple's copyrights and, ultimately, the overall value of the iPhone and its ecosystem to consumers!"