[governance] Fwd: Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow

Sun Jan 27 23:29:04 EST 2013

I am on the impression that once you are done with your contract with a
telecom, say for 2 years with AT&T, you can call their tech support and
have your phone unlocked. You have paid for that phone and without a
contract they can unlock that for you. Another contract means you can
upgrade. I've done it so I would think that the issue lies on the premise
that if you are locked into a contract, unlocking your phone is not
allowed. Once you are through with your contract, I would assume that your
phone is paid for and technically yours.

Charity

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro <
diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:

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> <http://gizmodo.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=251e609e1dba3888b86c21cc8&id=2cce1019c2&e=3674f7de16>[image:
> Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow]<http://gizmodo.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=251e609e1dba3888b86c21cc8&id=a94aacec12&e=3674f7de16>You may remember that last year, the DMCA exemption on unlocking phones was
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> Well it's going into effect this Saturday. So starting tomorrow, unlocking
> your phone will be officially illegal. Yay.
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> Unlocking phones without the express consent of the carrier who locked
> them became illegal thanks to edits to DMCA exemptions back in October, but
> it's only now that the 90-day grace period is running out. Locked phones
> purchased in the 90 days after the ruling are still game to be unlocked,
> but from here on out, for an unlocked phone to be legitimate, it'll have to
> have been bought that way or come with a permission slip from your carrier.
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> It's not the first time retracted DMCA exemptions have threatened to mess
> with your ability to mess with your phone. Jailbreaking and rooting almost
> became illegal again<http://gizmodo.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=251e609e1dba3888b86c21cc8&id=8c87612983&e=3674f7de16>because of DMCA exemption changes. Fortunately, the same batch of
> modifications that illegalized unlocking will also protect phone
> jailbreaking<http://gizmodo.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=251e609e1dba3888b86c21cc8&id=6fcd32472c&e=3674f7de16>for another three years. But it's still not allowed on tablets. Not than
> anyone is likely notice that particular indiscretion.
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> These changes won't, of course, limit you ability to unlock phones anyway,
> but it will give carriers a bit of a heavier stick to wave at you if they
> catch you using an unlocked phone they didn't authorize; they can tell.
> There are also a few technical loopholes. Legacy phones, i.e. "used (or
> perhaps unused) phones previously purchased or otherwise acquired by a
> consumer" are still cool to unlock, and that definition has a little bit of
> play in it. But the practice of unlocking your carrier-discounted phone is
> still going to be a crime, so get ready to deal with this brave new world,
> or live the life of an outlaw.
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