A year and a half ago smartphone owners were granted a rare win for consumer rights. Much to the chagrin of carriers and manufacturers the Library of Congress' Copyright Office ruled that jailbreaking or rooting iPhone (AAPL) Android (GOOG) BlackBerry (RIMM) and Windows Phone (MSFT) devices was perfectly legal -- as long as it wasn't done to circumvent copyrights. The ruling underscored definitive ownership -- that when a user legally purchases a device they should be able to do whatever they want with it. Sure companies like Apple Verizon (VZ) and Motorola (MMI) stressed how rooting a device voids ...
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