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Bill Introduced to Re-Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking

84 点作者 rjsamson大约 12 年前

7 条评论

sinak大约 12 年前
Here is the full text of the bill. It fails to address the DMCA at all, and I'm not sure I understand how it would fix the problem. It says that "the agent of such subscribers" should be allowed to unlock any devices, but if the primary way of doing that is illegal as per the DMCA, it's not clear at all what it would actually achieve.<p>---------------------<p>A BILL<p>To require the Federal Communications Commission to direct that wireless providers permit the unlocking of mobile devices.<p>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.<p>This Act may be cited as the "Wireless Consumer Choice Act". SEC. 2. FCC DIRECTION TO WIRELESS PROVIDERS.<p>Pursuant to its authorities under title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the Federal Communications Commission, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall direct providers of commercial mobile services and commercial mobile data services to permit the subscribers of such services, or the agent of such subscribers, to unlock any type of wireless device used to access such services. Nothing in this Act alters, or shall be construed to alter, the terms of any valid contract between a provider and a subscriber.
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showerst大约 12 年前
For reference this is S.481 113th. The full text isn't up on THOMAS yet, but when it is this link should work:<p><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:481:./list/bss/d113SN.lst:" rel="nofollow">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:481:./list/bss/...</a>:
woobar大约 12 年前
This is still a half measure. Why wouldn't they make cell phone LOCKING illegal?
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nicksergeant大约 12 年前
That was fast. Are we in the same country still?
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sinak大约 12 年前
As the article states, I don't think I'm in support of this right now. We'd much rather see broader DMCA change, as highlighted at <a href="http://fixthedmca.org" rel="nofollow">http://fixthedmca.org</a><p>I'm waiting on someone in DC to forward me the text of the bill. Will post here once I have it.
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juanpdelat大约 12 年前
I wonder how much money things like this cost to countries. Not that they're not important, but going back and forth on some consumerism laws when there are still education, health and security issues, makes me thing politicians are just wasting tax payers' money all the time.
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maaku大约 12 年前
&#62; "...to switch carriers"<p>What about roaming overseas? Anyone know?