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NEWS: AT&T turns screws on iPhone unlocker
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| John Navas 2007-08-28, 12:33 pm |
| <http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/28/iphone_unlocking/>
UniquePhones has pulled its iPhone unlocking service after receiving
calls from lawyers claiming to represent AT&T and threatening to sure
the Belfast-based firm for copyright infringement and illegal
software dissemination.
The call apparently came in the middle of the night, UK time, within
hours of the intended launch of the unlocking service. The company
says it's trying to discover how serious the threat is.
Given the plethora of methods for iPhone unlocking, including
soldering solutions, software solutions and even cork-and-pin
solutions, it seems perverse for AT&T to go after one company in
Belfast. Then again UniquePhones is planning to sell the unlocking
service, rather than giving away instructions as most people are.
This could make such unlocking considerably more common, as anyone
will be able to get an iPhone just by paying money to UniquePhones
rather than following arcane instructions from hackers web sites.
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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
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| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-08-28, 10:33 pm |
| On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:21:37 GMT, John Navas
< spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
><http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/28/iphone_unlocking/>
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> UniquePhones has pulled its iPhone unlocking service after receiving
> calls from lawyers claiming to represent AT&T and threatening to sure
> the Belfast-based firm for copyright infringement and illegal
> software dissemination.
>
> The call apparently came in the middle of the night, UK time, within
> hours of the intended launch of the unlocking service. The company
> says it's trying to discover how serious the threat is.
>
> Given the plethora of methods for iPhone unlocking, including
> soldering solutions, software solutions and even cork-and-pin
> solutions, it seems perverse for AT&T to go after one company in
> Belfast. Then again UniquePhones is planning to sell the unlocking
> service, rather than giving away instructions as most people are.
>
> This could make such unlocking considerably more common, as anyone
> will be able to get an iPhone just by paying money to UniquePhones
> rather than following arcane instructions from hackers web sites.
>
> [MORE]
AT&T doesn't have a leg to stand on, with Congress specifically
exempting unlocking cell phones from the DMCA.
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| karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
> AT&T doesn't have a leg to stand on, with Congress specifically
> exempting unlocking cell phones from the DMCA.
Actually it's okay for YOU to unlock YOUR own phone, but publishing the
instructions or offering to do it for money, may be illegal.
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| eustore2007@gmail.com 2007-09-17, 7:33 am |
| On aug. 28, 18:21, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> <http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/28/iphone_unlocking/>
>
> UniquePhones has pulled itsiPhoneunlocking service after receiving
> calls from lawyers claiming to represent AT&T and threatening to sure
> the Belfast-based firm for copyright infringement and illegal
> software dissemination.
>
> The call apparently came in the middle of the night, UK time, within
> hours of the intended launch of the unlocking service. The company
> says it's trying to discover how serious the threat is.
>
> Given the plethora of methods foriPhoneunlocking, including
> soldering solutions, software solutions and even cork-and-pin
> solutions, it seems perverse for AT&T to go after one company in
> Belfast. Then again UniquePhones is planning to sell the unlocking
> service, rather than giving away instructions as most people are.
>
> This could make such unlocking considerably more common, as anyone
> will be able to get aniPhonejust by paying money to UniquePhones
> rather than following arcane instructions from hackers web sites.
>
> [MORE]
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
http://iphone.h18.ru/
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| eustore2007@gmail.com wrote:
> On aug. 28, 18:21, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
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> http://iphone.h18.ru/
Spysweeper lists this as a problem site.
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