The point of §1201 of the DMCA was to prevent piracy by preventing circumvention of DRM. It wasn't meant to be used to lock down cell phones. So in some ways, i

The point of §1201 of the DMCA was to prevent piracy by preventing circumvention of DRM. It wasn't meant to be used to lock down cell phones. So in some ways, it is a quirk. In other ways not.