An online petition before the White House wants to legalize unlocking...
An online petition before the White House wants to legalize unlocking cellphones, changing a Library of Congress decision (CD Feb 13 p9) implemented last month. The request has amassed more than 100,000 signatures, which is the minimum level for compelling…
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an official White House response. It was just under 103,000 Thursday afternoon. “Consumers will be forced to pay exorbitant roaming fees to make calls while traveling abroad,” the petition said (http://1.usa.gov/YdkULB). “It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. ... We ask that the White House ask the Librarian of Congress to rescind this decision, and failing that, champion a bill that makes unlocking permanently legal.”