Reblogged from VentureBeat:

The unlocked smartphone is about to become an endangered species in the U.S.

Starting Sunday, it will be illegal to jailbreak your phone without the permission of your carrier. While this doesn't extend to phones like Verizon's iPhone 5 -- which ships unlocked -- it does show how laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) can be stretched far beyond their original scope.

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