So... It wasn't illegal yesterday. It will be illegal shortly. No new laws were ever passed, enacted, modified or otherwise changed. So my question is, just WTF is this "librarian" and WTF do they get to decide what is and what is not legal??? I must have missed the part of the Constitution that authorized some custodian in some library to decide what is and what is not allowed in this country.
A better question would be WTF does a "copyright" law got to do with unlocking phones to be used on different carriers? What code is being "copied" here? The DMCA is really an all-purpose anti-hacking, anti-freedom law at heart. You are NOT allowed to use your computer/smart phone the way you want to. You will beholden to large corporations and their desires!
"Given that so many unlocked phones are available, I've arbitrarilary and capriciously decided that I will no longer allow you to unlock your phone and use it on the carrier of you choice. You freedom has been revoked. The
DMCA (vague, abstract and therefore BS law that it is) will be used in name by me, Darth Dewey to tell you that you can no longer use your AT&T phone on T-mobile! Muahahahahaaha!" --
The Librarian