Who Owns the Device? | eWEEK Labs

Who Owns the Device?

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P. J. Connolly
P. J. Connolly
Aug 1, 2010
1 minute read
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The latest round of exemptions to the DMCA, announced in July by the U.S. Copyright Office, gave limited approval to the jailbreaking and unlocking of mobile devices. But could these practices lead to mobile phones becoming commodities?

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