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A technicality and a lame decision have made it illegal to unlock mobile phones.

Ever wonder how BuzzFeed secures the rights for all those seductively sharable photo montages? The answer is, it often doesn't, and that can be a messy business.

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet issued the following news release: On Thursday at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1123, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

Copyright infringement is not a game , no one wins. That is why I do not mention people directly.

Our actions are not meant to imply that we "believe" the complaining party; they're just a defensive action to protect ourselves from liability.

Everyone should have the right to unlock their legally owned phones in the Digital-Age yet government policy once again is unnecessarily limiting consumer choice.

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

I was going to get into the different parts of the criminal aspect as it has been a source of questions.

Earlier this year, consumers petitioned the White House asking the president to weigh in with a statement of support for consumers' right to unlock their phones once they have satisfied the terms of the contract with their carrier.

Jay-Z and Samsung are close to creating a music streaming service, according to reports that surfaced earlier this week.

If you thought that you could escape the watchful eye of the entertainment industry by signing up for an ISP that doesn't cooperate with the entertainment industry's new six strikes initiative , think again.

As we reported yesterday , there was a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill to talk about restoring legal protection for mobile phone unlocking that the Librarian of Congress took away last fall.

Already, 7digital offers streaming music licensing for some DMCA radio providers in the U.S., including NYC-based Turntable.fm, which also used the 7digital API to launch its new Piki service, the music-based social network it debuted late last year .

A cellphone industry official plans to tell a House panel on Thursday that his group supports legislation to legalize cellphone unlocking.

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

I have been working on articles concerning Terms of Service for a while now. I recently got involved with a copyright infringement issue with the real estate business in Colorado.

Earlier this year, many Americans were understandably angry when the Librarian of Congress came to the decision that consumers would not longer be exempt from a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act making it illegal to unlock cell phones.

I'm going public with this to share my experience in pursuing unauthorized use of my images.

The subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will hold a hearing on Thursday morning to consider the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, which is sponsored by full committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte .