Will unlocking my cellphone get me in hot water after the new DMCA ruling?

1. Will Unlocking My Phone Breech the new DMCA
law?
As with everything in the technology world the answer is yes and no. Let me explain: up to 25th of
January of this year it was perfectly legal to unlock or jail break your phone, but smartphones
manufactured after that date are subject to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).Every 3
years, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is reviewed and updated by the Library of Congress. As
you would expect the Act is crammed with legal jargon which can and will be open to interpretation,
However in layman’s terms the Act has a number of significant implications, you need.-
permission is granted from the carrier
it was purchased as a second-hand device
you're not a US citizen (does US law apply to you?)
Phone purchased PRIOR to January 26th can be unlocked. These are referred to as "legacy
devices".
So if you unlock or jailbreak your phone is you going to serve time?Again the answer is probablyno.
However if your carrier discovers that you have unlocked or jailbrokenyour phone they'll be able to
send even more stern e-mails with the weight of federal regulations behind them. They may be
reciprocal agreements between carriers to block that phone on the new network. You know how
carriers can “co-operate”.
The good news in this whole thing is that "legacy" phones, which the Library of Congress describes
as "used (or not used, this bit is still uncertain) phones previously bought or otherwise obtained by a
customer," can be unlocked without any implications.
Just how all this plays out is yet to be seen. What awareness there will be amongst the general
public is unknown but it can be assumed that the awareness is fairly low. This means that the burden
of responsibility for compliance falls on the unlock company. Many of these companies have
arranged online petitions on government websites to have this legalisation looked at again.
So what do you think? Is this important protection for corporations to protect the investment in
their mobile phone operating systems or a restriction of consumer rights to do with their product
what they wish?
Read more here: http://www.unlock.my/unlock-codes/unlocking-codes-legal-or-illegal-2/
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