Library of Congress Updates Jailbreaking and Unlocking Rules

Wait, so assuming they considering rooting and jailbreaking to be essentially the same thing......and they want to say that jailbreaking tablets is "illegal".....

.....and they think anyone is actually going to care or listen to them on that?

Pffffft....

Is the foundation and the basis of the U.S. Constitution.
If something like a Mobile-Communication device can not be "un-locked" to give customers that freedom, we have a serious oversight issue at hand by corporations that are simply greedy.
A prision cell one does not unlock, but a cell-phone...come on!!!!
No one get hurt except the carriers greedy pockets which already are more than filled.

1. Why is jailbreaking/rooting a tablet different from jailbreaking/rooting a phone?

2. Why should unlocking a phone be illegal?

I'm glad the government has decided what "enough unlocked phones" in the market means. Of course those are 2g/3g GSM/WCDMA/CDMA unlocked phones as we proceed into the LTE era. That's like telling us we can't hook our electric cars up to the grid because there are enough gasoline cars out there already.

Elections are coming up. Be sure to vote.

"The Library of Congress explained that it believes there are enough unlocked handsets available in the market at this time, and U.S. carriers have become more lenient about unlocking consumer devices upon request."

Talk about double speak. So there are enough carriers willing to unlock handsets that the response is to make the unlocking of handsets illegal? That is patently ridiculous and no one will abide by an unenforceable law in any case. No one is fooled. A nice FAT check was written to these dimwits. Fail. Try again.

Wow. What is wrong with allowing a person to have control over a device that they purchase?

Most tablets are bought OUTRIGHT - NO CONTRACT - But it will not be up to you , the owner , what you do with it. ( at least legally )

Apply this logic to a new car you purchase or a new computer.

I realize most people commenting on here don't like the new law. But why isn't anyone upset that the federal government thinks it can steal our freedom. This law is obviously wrong, and any politician who voted for it is obviously corrupt. When will Americans wake up to the fact that we no longer have a republic that does the will of the people, but a police state that is rapidly eroding our freedoms every day?

I'm still doing whatever the hell I want with something I buy.

I don't see a real differentiation between these two devices. A Phone device is what, an electronic device that can place a call? A tablet can do that, install any 3rd party app, Skype, Friendcaller, Dell Voice, and you can use that to place calls. In that situation, why would a tablet not be considered a phone device? I see no differentiation. A phone should be considered anything that can be used as such, which a tablet definately can be.