White House Petition To Make Unlocking Phones Legal Passes 100,000 Signatures

[wraggster]

A White House petition to make unlocking cell phones legal again has passed the 100,000 signature mark (http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/02/21/petition-to-make-unlocking-phones-legal-again-passes-100000-signatures-white-house-is-required-to-respond/). Passing the milestone means the U.S. government has to issue an official response. On January 26th, unlocking a cell phone that is under contract became illegal in the U.S. (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/25/144204/unlocking-new-mobile-phones-becomes-illegal-in-the-us-tomorrow) Just before that went into effect, a petition was started at whitehouse.gov (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7) to have the Librarian of Congress revisit that decision. 'It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. The Librarian noted that carriers are offering more unlocked phones at present, but the great majority of phones sold are still locked

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/13/02/21/1519235/white-house-petition-to-make-unlocking-phones-legal-passes-100000-signatures

[gigafan]

Got a good response from the white house about legalizing cell phone unlocking.

The recent ruling that effectively bans third-party unlocking has ruffled more than a few feathers, and the people have spoken with their electronic signatures---14,322 of them , to be exact. Now the petition to the White House, which asks that DMCA protection of phone unlockers be reconsidered, has finally received an official response, and it appears that it's for the positive.
You can still get your phone unlocked from any third party vendors like Mobileunlocksolutions.com ..there is no issues ..