Unlocking Cell Phones

Those people who feel that Washington, DC has become more and more dictatorial have one more reason to be concerned. In yet another example of Big Brother taking control of more of our lives the Library of Congress has made it illegal to unlock cell phones. Note that this isn’t a law passed by congress and signed by the POTUS, it’s a regulation enacted by a bureaucrat.
 
Here’s what we found online:

Starting today, it’s illegal to unlock your new subsidized mobile phone without your carrier’s permission.

The new rules, which don’t affect consumers who acquired phones before Saturday, come from the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. Previously, you could unlock your subsidized device under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You could then sell the phone or use another carrier’s SIM card to start new service in another wireless network. The change is an update to the DMCA.