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The Copyright Office is amending its regulations on cellphone unlocking so consumers can circumvent their network connections, said a Federal Register notice Monday (http://1.usa.gov/YVLmOc). Cellphone owners can also circumvent their networks when “authorized by the operator of the network,” it…

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said. President Barack Obama signed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act (S-517) Aug. 1, which allows for such circumvention (http://1.usa.gov/1olIjUh) (CD Aug 4 p15). The House and Senate approved the bill in July (CD July 28 p11).