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Phone unlocking ban
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 29 2013 @ 10:34 AM EST
This certainly is an interesting twist on property law. The legal owner cannot
change the product, but a third party is allowed to make changes without the
owners consent. Is there any other product where this is the case?
There have already been cases regarding printers, automobiles and telco
networks, and the owner has prevailed with the right the use what ever parts
they want.

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Phone unlocking ban could hit you in the wallet
Authored by: ukjaybrat on Tuesday, January 29 2013 @ 12:27 PM EST
I heard this was coming.

Who is going to enforce this law?
carriers? police? my mother?

How do they plan to enforce this?
I read a comment from someone who seemed not so intelligent
on the matter that carriers can look at your device and if
they are allowed to access the system level then it has been
unlocked and rooted. Considering Verizon isn't going to make
house calls just to see if i've unlocked my phone, how will
they determine whether any of their customers have unlocked
their phones?

What is the penalty?
how can they charge a $500,000 fine for unlocking your phone
when i can much easier and cheaper cancel my contract at the
cancellation fee and then unlock the phone.

To me, there are just so many unknowns that this seems like
a law that will only pose as a fear tactic into scaring some
people into not rooting their devices. It is still going to
happen whether this is governed appropriately or not. That
being said, how is this even a law? what does the government
have to gain from this law (besides filling their pockets
from the carriers who clearly stand to gain from it)?

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IANAL

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