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Discussion => Philosophy, Economics and Justice => Topic started by: kesser on January 29, 2013, 03:07 am
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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-most-ridiculous-law-of-2013-so-far-it-is-now-a-crime-to-unlock-your-smartphone/272552/
So this new law came into congress recently and it is now illegal to unlock your smart phone and i assume jailbreak too.
This is now the law of the (American) land:
ADVISORY
BY DECREE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
IT SHALL HENCEFORCE BE ORDERED THAT AMERICANS SHALL NOT UNLOCK THEIR OWN SMARTPHONES.
PENALTY: In some situations, first time offenders may be fined up to $500,000, imprisoned for five years, or both. For repeat offenders, the maximum penalty increases to a fine of $1,000,000, imprisonment for up to ten years, or both.*
I wouldn't be surprised if the UN adopted this new law too and enforced it upon Europe. I guess the government and big phone companies are really getting scared of VOip.
It angers me how people get less sever sentences for burgling peoples houses or even sexually molesting people. I have no idea how they implement these laws into action without it even ever going out for a public opinion.
What are your thoughts?
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And this isn't fascism..?
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No silly we live in a democratic free speech community... Don't we? ::)
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Thats fucked.... What's it gonna take to get us apathetic fools to crack the shits en mass?? >:(
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The government are a bunch of cocksucking cumguzzling horsefelching whores!
They should all choke on a cock and die!
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Wow why dont we just throw away any type of freedom we have. Fuckers man cant stand this shit, it's time to move
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Don't come to Canaduh. We're gettin' it with a rusty broken pipe too.