Gotcha

Or maybe not. But probably.

Unlocking a mobile phone or an iPhone remains legally murky nearly a year after the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was altered granting phone users that right.

"The exemption says you can unlock it so that you can use it on another network," said Jennifer Granick, director of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

"But that exemption," Granick added, "does not apply to software or software tool distributors. The legal question remains is whether a software tools distributor used for unlocking are illegal under the DMCA."

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I'm not a big fan of the whole unlocking-cell-phone thing because I think locking them should not be allowed in the first place. Apparently the DCMA, while allowing unlocking, outlaws the tools you need to do it, which means only an übergeek can do it. Which means, Bunky, neither thee nor me. Pretty neat double-cross.

Whether you can legally unlock your phone is not the issue. Locking it in the first place is.