What the DMCA cell phone unlock ban means to you (FAQ)
CNET
In previous review processes, the librarian of Congress exempted cell phone unlocking, which meant that the portion of the law that may have been interpreted to prevent cell phone users from unlocking their devices without permission from their ...
See all stories on this topic »Unlocking A Cell Phone Should Be Legal, White House Says
Huffington Post
But last fall, the Library of Congress reversed course, and decided the exemption on cell phone unlocking should expire Jan. 26, 2013. Consumer advocates worried the decision would give wireless providers the ability to sue consumers who unlock their ...
See all stories on this topic »Want to unlock your cell phone? The White House is OK with that.
MarketWatch (blog)
Attention iPhone and Android users: the Obama administration thinks you have a right to unlockyour mobile device. In a response to a White House petition about making the unlocking of cell phones legal, David Edelman, the White House's senior adviser ...
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DISCUSS: Should cell phone unlocking be legal?
WOAI
NBC NEWS -- A popular petition regarding the ability to "unlock" mobile phones has received a number of responses, first from the White House itself, and then from representatives of the FCC and the Library of Congress. The gist is: A rule's a rule ...
See all stories on this topic »Obama administration declares that it's time to legalize mobile phone unlocking
InfoWorld
The Obama administration and the FCC (PDF) today came out in favor of changing new legislation that makes it difficult for consumers to unlock their rightfully owned mobile devices -- cellphones, smartphones, and tablets -- without risk of fines, jail ...
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CNET
In previous review processes, the librarian of Congress exempted cell phone unlocking, which meant that the portion of the law that may have been interpreted to prevent cell phone users from unlocking their devices without permission from their ...
See all stories on this topic »Unlocking A Cell Phone Should Be Legal, White House Says
Huffington Post
But last fall, the Library of Congress reversed course, and decided the exemption on cell phone unlocking should expire Jan. 26, 2013. Consumer advocates worried the decision would give wireless providers the ability to sue consumers who unlock their ...
See all stories on this topic »Want to unlock your cell phone? The White House is OK with that.
MarketWatch (blog)
Attention iPhone and Android users: the Obama administration thinks you have a right to unlockyour mobile device. In a response to a White House petition about making the unlocking of cell phones legal, David Edelman, the White House's senior adviser ...
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| White House calls for cell phone unlocking ban to be overturned Ars Technica The legality of unlocking one's cell phone to run on any network has flipped back and forth in the past several years. It was deemed illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act—then it was made legal by the Library of Congress in an exception ... See all stories on this topic » |  Ars Technica |
WOAI
NBC NEWS -- A popular petition regarding the ability to "unlock" mobile phones has received a number of responses, first from the White House itself, and then from representatives of the FCC and the Library of Congress. The gist is: A rule's a rule ...
See all stories on this topic »Obama administration declares that it's time to legalize mobile phone unlocking
InfoWorld
The Obama administration and the FCC (PDF) today came out in favor of changing new legislation that makes it difficult for consumers to unlock their rightfully owned mobile devices -- cellphones, smartphones, and tablets -- without risk of fines, jail ...
See all stories on this topic »
| White House Says Cell Phone Unlocking Should Be Legal AppAdvice In response to a petition with more than 114,000 signatures, a senior White House advisor said today that consumers should be allowed to legally unlock their cell phones. R. David Edelman responded after the “We the People” petition on the White House ... See all stories on this topic » |  AppAdvice |
| White House Supports Phone Unlocking in Petition Response Gotta Be Mobile In a response to a We The People petition the White House says “it's time to legalizecell phone unlocking.” In the response the White House says it wants to make it legal for users to unlock their cell phones and tablets when they're not bound by a ... See all stories on this topic » |  Gotta Be Mobile |