Proponents of cellphone unlocking ask the White House for help

Jason Schultz quoted in Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2013

At issue is the Librarian of Congress’ decision last October to end an exemption in federal copyright law for cellphone unlocking…. Ironically, the original unlocking exemption drew a lawsuit from TracFone, a company that makes cellphone software, said Jason Schultz, a copyright law expert at UC Berkeley. But after the Justice Department weighed in, arguing that there was no legal basis for the lawsuit, TracFone withdrew its complaint.