Jailbreaking Now Illegal: Blame The Pirates

13 Feb 2009

App Store: Crackulous Allows for App Store Piracy

Apple has officially gone on record to state that jailbreaking your iPhone (or iPod Touch I imagine) is now illegal:

Jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation, says Apple in comments filed with the Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking. This marks the first formal public statement by Apple about its legal stance on iPhone jailbreaking.

The natural reaction would be to get upset and throw a tantrum, right? Well, I’m not blaming Apple. I blame the software pirates who recently developed a method, which requires jailbreaking, to pirate purchased iPhone/iPod Touch applications. It’s called Crackulous. In my opinion, Crackulous literally forced Apple to take action as these pirates were essentially stealing money from app developers. Yes, it’s stealing. So before you get all upset at Apple and call them all sorts of names, remember none of this may not have happened had it not been for ~~idiots~~ people who refuse to buy software.

Yeah, I said it.

I’ll be restoring my iPhone back to factory state as a result of this announcement. Thanks a lot, Crackulous.

Post written by Bwana

Tags: apple, crackulous, eff, illegal, iphone, ipod touch, itunes app store

http://infosecurity.us/ Marc Handelman

Apple Inc. certainly has the right, duty and obligation (as a corporate entity) to protect their intellectual property, stock in trade, et cetera, and I firmly support the company in that effort. Notwithstanding, only the Judicial Branch can rule on unlawful or illegal behavior, as enacted by the Congress, of these United States. Apple Inc’s declaration is corporate opinion, and not necessarily fact – at this time; as such, it must be tested in a court of law, to become awarded the dubious status of illegality. Of course, this is my opinion as well…
http://infosecurity.us Marc Handelman

Apple Inc. certainly has the right, duty and obligation (as a corporate entity) to protect their intellectual property, stock in trade, et cetera, and I firmly support the company in that effort. Notwithstanding, only the Judicial Branch can rule on unlawful or illegal behavior, as enacted by the Congress, of these United States. Apple Inc’s declaration is corporate opinion, and not necessarily fact – at this time; as such, it must be tested in a court of law, to become awarded the dubious status of illegality. Of course, this is my opinion as well…
http://thecheapgeek.wordpress.com/ Jordan Patterson

I knew this would eventually happen. Its a shame people have to steal software. http://bit.ly/TheCheapGeek
http://thecheapgeek.wordpress.com/ Jordan Patterson

I knew this would eventually happen. Its a shame people have to steal software. http://bit.ly/TheCheapGeek
http://intensedebate.com/people/Tsudohnimh Tsudohnimh

I don't disagree with your take on apple being forced to respond to theft. I have a jailbroken iphone only to give me access to free apps that aren't offered thru iTunes and I find this a big disheartening. I'd like to think there was a middle ground to classify the theft of apps as illegal and still allow a gray area for jailbreaking.

C'est la vie.

http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 Bwana

Engadget claims Apple is actually asking for it to be classified as "not legal" instead of "illegal". I don't understand the paradoxes of law so it's over my head. To me, it's illegal or not with no real gray area. Ideally, what you say would be best. If only we could punish those who steal! Wouldn't that be marvelous? At any rate, it's not going to get better.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Tsudohnimh Tsudohnimh

I don't disagree with your take on apple being forced to respond to theft. I have a jailbroken iphone only to give me access to free apps that aren't offered thru iTunes and I find this a big disheartening. I'd like to think there was a middle ground to classify the theft of apps as illegal and still allow a gray area for jailbreaking.

C'est la vie.

Ijunkie

You could add me to this list of disapointed people…unfortunately it only takes one bad apple to get rid of the entire basket …it’s just a fact of life, damage control!
Ijunkie

You could add me to this list of disapointed people…unfortunately it only takes one bad apple to get rid of the entire basket …it’s just a fact of life, damage control!
eran

apple is officially daft
eran

apple is officially daft
jailbreaker

We can hack our own things Apple cant do shit about it.
jailbreaker

We can hack our own things Apple cant do shit about it.
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http://recordsresources.com public records

Unlocking has become less of an issue because most places now.