> I don't know if it is illegal, but it's common, very, very common, in
> Madras. Students who go to the US, software types, business folks all
> bring
> back a nice phone, and get it unlocked. There's a place called Ritchie's
> street here which is like a wholesale+grey market for electronics and
> stuff,
> and they do the said unlocking. They do this so often, you just go to the
> shop and he asks you what network the US phone was in. T-Mobile is the
Not illegal in India as far as I know, although it is entirely possible
that you could wring an argument out of the IT Act ("Hacking" or some
such) to allege it is illegal.
Not illegal in the UK either I think. Almost certainly some kind of
contractual breach but nobody's going to get arrested I should think.
I don't see how the DMCA would apply - it prevents circumvention of
technological measures intended to protect copyright. What copyright is
protected by a locked phone? (I don't know of a specific DMCA exemption
for phones, but it might exist)
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