Regulation

Now the government is using copyright to ban people from unlocking their phones. I'd like to see the justification for that since unlocking a phone isn't copying anything.

"You can read the full docket here but, in short, it is illegal to unlock a phone from a carrier unless you have that carrier's permission to do so. If you're wondering what this has to do with copyright, it turns out not much.
"It wasn't a good ruling," Rebecca Jeschke, a digital rights analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), told ABC News. "You should be able to unlock your phone. This law was meant to combat copyright infringement, not to prevent people to do what they want to do with the device they bought.""

I guess the justification is this was a big kiss-up to giant corporations. How this decision could cost you money. Of course it will cost people money. It transfers power from the people to corporations.

"The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil offense could be as much as a $2,500 fine. As for those planning to profit off of the act or a criminal offense -- such as a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be as high as $500,000 and include prison time."

That sounds like the punishment fits the crime. Not.