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
