Will the buzz and hype never end on the iPhone?!

As most internet geeks know the iPhone was unlocked.  To non-geeks this now means that the iPhone can work on other carriers not just AT&T.  

I think the fun part about all this is the upcoming legal battle about to hit the courts.  Apple and AT&T are now suing a few companies that have created software unlocks for consumers.  So a fun question will be answered, do we have the right to do what we want with our property?

If you recall the current legal battle of the Record Industry against people who download music, you may recall seeing: DMCA.  The DMCA is short for Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The DMCA was passed to uphold copyright laws on the internet.  For the nitty gritty of this act you can read the wiki about it.

For once the DMCA may protect end users over big corporations... I'm sure Apple and AT&T will be able to somehow fight these fairly clear words in the DMCA: 'enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network'.  This should be fun...