The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an article weighing in on the recent uproar over the decision by the Library of Congress to prohibit unlocking of mobile phones in the U.S.
The EFF has filed an exemption request to with the U.S. Copyright Office to make keeping jailbreaking of mobile phones legal and extend that to any device with a mobile operating system.
President Obama has signed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act into law, restoring the power to consumers to unlock their device without the carrier's approval.