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SOPA rides again: USAs secret TPP treaty outlaws phone jailbreaks and unlocking, introduces crazy copyright law

2013-11-19 16:08:49| Extremetech

The TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed agreement between multiple member states that would criminalize cell phone unlocking and jail breaking, mandate software patents, and vastly extend copyright terms -- even though domestically, the US is trying to pass law that curbs patent abuse and explicitly allows for cell phone unlocking.

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