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Locked Carby ~Laemeur

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In case you hadn't heard, it's illegal again (after a 6-year suspension of the law) in the United States to "unlock" a cellular phone from its provider without the provider's permission. Misusing copyright law like this to prevent device owners from using the equipment they've purchased however they want is absurd, and downright crooked.

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~gazetron Feb 18, 2013

That is some whack shit.

~bizgr8 Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

Hahaha funny how things work. BTW have you been to Walla Walla?( I'm from there)

~Laemeur Feb 7, 2013 Professional General Artist

I have, but only a few times. Going between Oregon and north Idaho, I've been through Pasco/Kennewick about a hundred times, so, I'm within 50 miles of Walla Walla pretty regularly, but that's it.

~Lionheartssj Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This is a fantastic comic. Thank you for this.

~Nexus31907 Feb 6, 2013

indeed...what looney laws.

~Spacefriend-KRUNK Feb 6, 2013 Professional Artist

nice character work.

~Laemeur Feb 6, 2013 Professional General Artist

Thanks very kindly!

*Taytonclait Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Are these phones purchased at full price? Mine was free with my plan, I could see how cancelling the plan and unlocking the phone would be a clever way of getting a 700 dollar phone for 300 bucks or so.

~Laemeur Feb 6, 2013 Professional General Artist

That's the defense that phone carriers like to give for why they should be able to ban unlocking. I certainly don't have a problem with carriers requiring customers to pay the remaining balance on a subsidized phone purchase if they change carriers before their contract is up, but the law even allows carriers to bar users from unlocking a phone they paid full price for up-front -- and that's a serious rights issue.

*Taytonclait Feb 7, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

aren't there other issues, like gaining apps for free and that sort of thing? My only experience with unlocking iPhones consisted of having a co worker unlock his and rave about how great it was. Free apps, and use free Wifi and skype as a calling system instead of making actual calls. When you consider how ruthless Canadian phone companies are (I've heard them reported that they are some of the worst and most inefficient in the world) it made sense.

I'm thinking a better analogy would be "No, not your gas, Starbucks offers it for free 6 miles down".

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