Last year, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act passed successfully, reversing a congressional decision that previously banned people from unlocking their cellphones. President Obama’s signage of this bill overturned the Copyright Office’s 2012 ruling against cellphone unlocking. With further review of this bill down the road, there is a chance the previous unlocking ban…
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act is better known as the DMCA. Passed in 1998, this bill governs the often vague overlapping of intellectual property and physical property. Initially sought out to protect digital piracy of DVDs and music, Congress built in an “anti-circumvention” provision in the DMCA, making it illegal by copyright law to break…
The back-and-forth, two year long debate on how to upend the Librarian of Congress’ 2012 decision to ban cell phone unlocking was settled in favor of bulk unlocking on July 25. However, the debate may not be over. Unlocking could be deemed illegal again in 2015. The final version of the Unlocking Consumer Choice and…
With one week left before Resource Recycling’s E-scrap conference kicks off, attendees have registered from 46 states, six Canadian provinces and 34 other countries! In addition to the exhibition, conference sessions will occur, featuring presentations on the flow of e-scrap and also touch on policies, legislation and collection programs being implemented in different nations around…
A prominent victory for electronics recycling and refurbishment as the Senate recently passed the cell phone unlocking bill. This back-and-forth, year and a half long debate on how to upend the Librarian of Congress’ 2012 decision to ban cell phone unlocking has thankfully settled in favor of bulk unlocking. The final version of the Unlocking…