On 31/10/2007, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't see how the DMCA would apply - it prevents circumvention of
> technological measures intended to protect copyright. What copyright is
> protected by a locked phone? (I don't know of a specific DMCA exemption
> for phones, but it might exist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA#Exemptions lists, among other
"current administratively-created exemptions, issued in November
2006":

"Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless
telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication
network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of
lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network".

Binand

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