[governance] Fwd: Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow
Carlos A. Afonso
ca at cafonso.ca
Mon Jan 28 05:41:16 EST 2013
Same in BR.
--c.a.
On 01/28/2013 02:29 AM, Charity Gamboa wrote:
> 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
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> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro
> <diegocanabarro at gmail.com <mailto:diegocanabarro at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Subject: Unlocking Your Phone Is Illegal Starting Tomorrow
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> You may remember that last year, the DMCA exemption on unlocking
> phones was smacked down
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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
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> because of DMCA exemption changes. Fortunately, the same batch of
> modifications that illegalized unlocking will also protect phone
> jailbreaking
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> 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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