That’s right! You read the headline correctly. Back in October, the Library Of Congress gave consumers three months to free their devices (phone or tablet) from their carrier’s clutches. Effective today, you can no longer do legally.
This, however, doesn’t apply to pre-owned devices and those purchased before today. This mainly applies to anyone buying a subsidized device (any device purchased w/ a two-year contract to cut the costs) from today moving forward. In other words, any jailbreaking or rooting of a smartphone or tablet is hereby an illegal offense.
This is a law stemming from the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to stop the breaking of the digital locks of digital copyrighted materials. According to what an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney, Mitch Stoltz told Engadget. There is an actual White House petition online for the Library of Congress to rethink their decision, you can add your name & spread the word here.
Just the full PDF in legal jargon in the link below.
