Unlocking new cell phones to become illegal on Saturday

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jan 26, 2013 12:55 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Timothy B. Lee
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The two previous batches of regulations, issued in 2006 and 2010, respectively, granted users permission to unlock their phones in order to switch wireless carriers. But in the wake of a 2010 decision holding that software is licensed rather than sold, the Library reversed itself and declared phone unlocking illegal once again. The Librarian was also influenced by claims that there are more unlocked phones on the market than there were three years ago.

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