Cellphone unlocking set to become legal again

Published July 25, 2014 9:30pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Congress has passed a bill that makes it legal to “unlock” cellphones so the devices can —at least in some instances— be used on other carriers.

The law, which President Obama says he looks forward to signing, undoes a move by the Librarian of Congress in 2012. That made it a copyright violation to unlock a phone without the carrier’s permission.

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