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Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - smn1256 - 07-27-2014 02:55 PM
Congress finally gets one right.
Quote:A bill to permit the practice of "unlocking" a cell phone--meaning a consumer could use the same phone on different carriers--was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday and is expected to be signed into law by President Obama. The Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act passed with wide bipartisan support and was sponsored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) in the House and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate.
Unlocking a phone without the wireless carrier's permission was legal in the U.S. until a 2012 decision by the U.S. Copyright Office. That decision resulted in a grassroots campaign to fight for the legality of unlocking a phone. A petition on the website We The People garnered over 114,000 signatures in support.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/07/26/congress-passes-bill-allowing-unlocking-cell-phones-n1868425
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - john01992 - 07-27-2014 03:01 PM
Nice to see this get done. Score one for another govt regulation that protects consumers against bad business practices.
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - UofMstateU - 07-27-2014 04:29 PM
Obama cant sign this if he's fundraising or playing golf, so hopefully he gets to it before it becomes a pocket veto.
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - HeartOfDixie - 07-27-2014 06:54 PM
Well, so what is Congress' record now?
1-657
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - UofMstateU - 07-27-2014 06:58 PM
(07-27-2014 06:54 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: Well, so what is Congress' record now?
1-657
specifically, that sounds like the senates record under princess reid...
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - john01992 - 07-27-2014 06:58 PM
(07-27-2014 06:54 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: Well, so what is Congress' record now?
1-657
Sooner or later a blind squirrel finds a nut.
RE: Congress Passes Bill Allowing Unlocking Cell Phones - jh - 07-27-2014 11:15 PM
(07-27-2014 02:55 PM)smn1256 Wrote: Unlocking a phone without the wireless carrier's permission was legal in the U.S. until a 2012 decision by the U.S. Copyright Office.[/quote]
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/07/26/congress-passes-bill-allowing-unlocking-cell-phones-n1868425
I'm not sure who else was supposed to fix a problem entirely created by the government.