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

[James S. Tyre]

Suresh,

Please don't confuse unlocking and jailbreaking.  Both as a matter of technology and under
U.S. law, they are completely different.

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James S. Tyre
Law Offices of James S. Tyre
10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512
Culver City, CA 90230-4969
310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)
jstyre at jstyre.com
Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:41 PM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Charity Gamboa
> Cc: Diego Rafael Canabarro
> Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow
> 
> Charity Gamboa [27/01/13 22:29 -0600]:
> >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.
> 
> That premise is correct. Jailbreaking your phone when you buy it cheap on contract is
> the issue here. Several people are doing this not for the freedom of installing new
> apps, but to simply export the phone out and sell it at a profit in the second hand
> market in developing countries.
> 
> There was an excellent article on how this underground economy operates, though it
> doesn't specifically mention iphones. How Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated commercial
> building in the tourist heart of hong kong, is a major centre for the phone gray
> market in emerging economies.
> 
> http://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/upwardly-mobile
> 



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