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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: Re: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone
The FCC exists under the Commerce clause of the US Constitution.
> Are cellular phones one of the numerated power of the Federal Government?
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> Keith Smith
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> --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall /<>/* wrote:
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>     From: ChasM Marshall <>
>     Subject: RE: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your
>     Cellphone
>     To: ""
>     <>
>     Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 1:42 PM

>
>     What am I doing?
>     Well, I've NEVER bought a cell phone.  Carriers don't appear to be
>     regulated.
>     I've waited half my life just to see "Do Not Call" enforced at a
>     Federal level.

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>     Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700
>     To: 
>     From: 
>     Subject: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone

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>     Yes, I agree.  The question is, "What are you doing about it?"  An
>     inch at a time.....

>
>     At 11:00 AM 1/26/2013, Derek Trotter wrote:

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>         I can't argue Keith.  This is no longer a free country.  It's
>         not even a republic.  It's a bureaucracy.  People who are
>         unelected and unaccountable to the people are now making the
>         laws and changing them anytime they feel like it.

>
>         On 01/26/2013 08:28 AM, keith smith wrote:

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>             I know some of you do not agree with my limited government
>             position, however this is what a run away government
>             does.  We pay for our phones with those two year
>             contracts.  Our rates would be lower if they did not
>             "subsidize" our phones.  These phones are our property.

>
>             Hold onto your seat.  This is just an example of how a run
>             away government is going to treat it's people.

>
>             This is not freedom, this is bondage.

>
>             Th article says in part:

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>             The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil offense
>             could be as much as a $2,500 fine. As for those planning
>             to profit off of the act or a criminal offense -- such as
>             a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be as high as
>             $500,000 and include prison time.

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>             http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518

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>             Keith Smith

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>         Patrick
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