Tell me what law they broke?
Breaking a contract is not illegal.
There may be some civil penalties, but not criminal. You cannot be sent to jail for it.
And here in the US, you have the legal right under the DMCA to have your phone unlocked.
So get off your high horse and join reality.
Get off YOUR high horse, take a reading lesson and then comeback. I did not say unlocking the phone was the problem. I said violating the contract and/or stealing the software was illegal.
Either they broke their contract (which would be breaking a LEGAL agreement, hence illegal) or they copied the software from somewhere not Apple, which is also illegal.
I don't care one iota what they do with the software after its released since, as has been pointed out, there is nothing illegal about unlocking the phone from the carrier (jailbreaking is related, but since its not used solely for unlocking the phone but also circumventing non-carrier locking functions, it MIGHT be illegal, as i said its questionable). I don't care if you hack your phone to your hearts content. You bought it, do whatever the heck you want with it. My SOLE problem here is that they engaged in illegal activities to get to where they wanted to be.
Some seem to be arguing that its ok because the end result is good. Thats a slippery slope to go down.
Other's are claiming that Apple is breaking the law by having the phone locked in some countries, just because thats illegal in other countries. NEWSFLASH as long as they don't sell the phone LOCKED in a coutnry where thats illegal they aren't breaking the law.
It never ceases to amaze me how people are more and more willing to throw aside the law when its inconvenient to them over such mundane things as a PHONE. This isn't a life or death device, you don't have a RIGHT to have it, yet these guys who break the law to get around the security Apple puts in place are treated like Robin Hood? Hardly. They could have waited and hacked it after it was legal to do so, but they didn't. They had to fan their own ego's by getting it done by launch day (or before). You want to cheer for them or reward them for that? Thats a pretty sad commentary on society. You want to cheer for someone who broke a bad law? Mandela, Gandhi, those are the hero's. These guys? Yeah not so much.
