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What You Can Do About the Phone Unlocking Fiasco

Posted by samzenpus on from the power-to-the-people dept.

itwbennett writes "Now that the ridiculous phone unlocking law is a done deal, and we all understand exactly what that means (i.e., 'fines of up to $500,000 and imprisonment of up to five years'), you might be left wondering what can you do about it. Well, you could start by lending your John Hancock to this petition at the White House's 'We The People' platform. It's already over halfway to the number of signatures required to get a response from the executive branch."

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  1. Re:Hate to be a troll or anything, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if Obama's iPhone 5S platinum plus edition is locked to AT&T, but he wants to use BOOST MOBILE? Then this would be a fight which advances his own goals.

  2. Re:Hate to be a troll or anything, but... by deoxyribonucleose · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wasn't aware that sucking up to the rich and mighty was exclusively predicated on hereditary feudalism. That's a relief. Let's everybody go tell their bosses exactly how we feel about them!

  3. Re:I don't get it. by Pieroxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    No. You can't copy a phone like you can copy a digital file.

    Tell that to Samsung. Apple's lawyers disagree ;-)

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