UniquePhones' iPhone unlocking software legal dilemma |
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Just a few hours before its release, UniquePhones' iPhone unlocking software was pulled out because of a call from AT&T which hinted at legal action should the program find its way to the public. The software, which would allow the iPhone to use other wireless carriers besides AT&T, would probably not be released.According to research conducted by Ars Technica, using the software to unlock phones is ok but distributing it is not. Cell phone unlocking is not uncommon and is in fact legal according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It's the user's privilege to allow the phone to connect to any carrier; that's what cell phones are for in the first place.
The DMCA, however, does not address direct distribution of unlocking methods and software and so provides no protection for those who release them to the public. This places UniquePhones in a rather vulnerable state, stuck in a legal gray area that AT&T can exploit.
At least, it's legally vulnerable in America where AT&T fiercely guards its territory. UniquePhones may find that distribution in other countries may have a lot more legroom.
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Apple doesn't care for their customer's. All they care about is money. But hey, if they were smart they would have let you use any provider. Apple Sucks, they always have sucked, and they always will. They just got lucky with the iPod but in my mind the iPod is just a fad of the 00's.
"Apple doesn't care for their customer's. All they care about is money."
Oddly enough, their "customers" provide them with "money". But I guess you're right, they can totally ignore customers since the money will spontaneously generate.
"But hey, if they were smart they would have let you use any provider."
Because no other cell phone company in the history of time has locked its phone to its service, amirite? The whole cell phone business is screwy anyway. Imagine if your computer came locked to an internet provider or an operating system (well, the Macs kinda did).
Why the F+ck did apple go with At+T, They are the worst of them all.
they payed the most verizon was there first choice but they wanted proprietary control of appilications, music and games