audiofanaticz Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Cant believe Im saying this, but Obama actually did something right!!!It is no longer illegal in the USA to unlock your phone and have to worry about facing imprisonment for doing so. This means you can unlock your phone at your request and take your sprint phone to at&t, or to us cellular, or what ever other company you choose too. Im sure your carrier will still try to claim different networks and hand you a line of bull though... https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1123 Passed House amended (02/25/2014)Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling access to copyrighted software on wireless telephone handsets (mobile telephones) for the purpose of connecting to different wireless telecommunications networks (a practice commonly referred to as "unlocking" such devices). Reestablishes, as an exemption to provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibiting such circumvention, a previous LOC rule permitting the use of computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of such computer program solely to connect to such a network and access to the network is authorized by the network operator, thus permitting unlocked phones. Directs the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register, to determine whether to extend such exemption to include any other category of wireless devices in addition to wireless telephone handsets (e.g., tablets and other mobile broadband-enabled devices). Allows such circumvention (unlocking) to be initiated by the owner of such a device, by another person at the direction of the owner, or by a provider of a commercial mobile radio service or a commercial mobile data service at the direction of such owner or other person, solely in order to enable such owner or a family member of such owner to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when such connection is authorized by the operator of such network. Prohibits such owner-directed unlocking from being construed to: (1) permit the unlocking of devices for the purpose of bulk resale, or (2) authorize the Librarian to authorize circumvention for such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel989 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 That was illegal? Build Log - http://www.stevemead...-cruiser-el-pt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted August 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Yes, It became illegal to unlock phones bought after 2013, unless your carrier unlocked it for you (which is highly unlikely). 3rd party sites that would give you the unlock codes for $19 to $59 where also illegal. The law took place January 26th, 2013. The penalty for breaking this unlocking law is a fine of up to $500,000, imprisonment up to 5 years, or both.. Repeat offenders face the maximum penalty of up to $1,000,000, imprisonment up to 10 years, or both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hispls Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 We're well on the way to becoming a carbon copy of Soviet Russia. Average American pays more than half their income in some form of taxation, we have a national "debt" that's 10 times greater than all the money in existence, a dollar is worth 1% of what it was worth 100 years ago, but fuck yeah, I can now unlock my cellphone. Also FYI, the president does not create legislation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh G. Rection Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 youve got it wrong. i he had did something right, he would have blocked it from ever becoming law in the first place. Owner of BigAss Ports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedTalent Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Oh lawd, shall I truly go all politic wise right now? I won't. Wrong section, I'll just save for some other time.... Sheena = pedobear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in germany Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Since when can the library of congress pass a law anyways? They do not have the athority to write legislation. It was chalenged in the beggining as non enforceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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