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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone
where's the ACLU when they can be useful?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Derek Trotter <>wrote:

> While you may successfully argue that cell phones are not one of the
> powers granted by the constitution to the federal government, that means
> nothing to them. The federal government ignores the constitution whenever
> they feel like it.
>
> On 02/16/2013 02:04 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
> Are cellular phones one of the numerated power of the Federal
> Government?
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall <><>
> * wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700
> To:
> From:
> Subject: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone
>
> 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:
>
> 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:
>
>
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518
>
>
>
>
>
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> Keith Smith
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