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Under the new copyright rules, consumers in the United States will be able to legally break software locks on their phones in order to use them with other competing carriers. In a plain English – once your contract with a carrier expires, you are free to take the (Symbian) phone on some other carrier. 
Fred von Lohmann, an attorney with the civil-liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation is surprised and pleased. “I am very encouraged by the fact that the Copyright Office is willing to recognize exemptions for archivists, cell phone recyclers and computer security experts”, he added.
The new rules will take effect Monday and expire in three years… Wonder when will this hit Europe? (source: AP)
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
