What is the purpose of this law? Do they assume that if you’ve unlocked your smartphone and switched to another carrier....that you stole the smartphone and are therefore a thief? Is it to protect the original carrier? I don’t get it. Could someone explain this to me?
What is the purpose of this law? .........
Make you buy new phones..........
Check out the Ting phone service advertised on Twit.com
Looks like this legislation is made to order for folks wanting to switch carriers.
Hope someone has had experience with TING.COM. If so, please share. :)
If you obtain a $600 phone for $200 on the condition that you sign a two year contract, then jail break the phone and start doing things the contract doesn't allow, then the phone company considers that a breach of contract. What they're trying to do is to get the police to enforce these private contracts so they won't have to bear the expense of taking you to court. Pardon the hyperbole but this really is pure fascism.
Big Media wants to total control of all media and the hardware that is used to consume it.
Bottom line is they want you to have no ownership rights because then you can't resell their products which means that there will be no secondary or used market. Which means that every person will have to buy new and that makes Big Media tons more cash!
Bruce Willis is currently in a lawsuit against Apple (I believe) over his vast collection of Digital Music and Movies he has purchased. (Apparently its tens of thousands of dollars worth of media)He found out the way the laws are set up now he cannot bequeath via a last will any of this media to his children/survivors. If BIG Media gets its way you won't be able to leave any of your electronics to anyone in your will either.