Owners of the iTrip gadget (a nifty device which streams your iPod’s audio signal over FM) in the UK can now be a bit happier, as Gadgetell are reporting that Ofcom, the regulatory body, have officially legalised them and similar FM transmitting devices.

I reported on Ofcom thinking about legalising them a while back on Gizbuzz, but it’s now officially done.

The ban actually stretched back to the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949, which banned the use of FM transmitters without a licence or exemption. New laws have just come into force which now exempt this kind of gadget.

And that means that Griffin (the maker of the iTrip) and other manufacturers can finally start selling their gadgets in the UK and people won’t be breaking the law by using them.