Is it illegal?

[cclloyd]

Is it illegal for me to use an app from installous because it worked when a normal copy didn't even if I paid for the real copy?

Aka, I bought PvZ, and it didn't work. I downloaded an installous copy and it worked.

 

[dhlizard]

Yes, it is

 

[AppleMaster9]

Technically, yes. It is illegal to download any app from installous. It is up to you to decide if you feel it is morally okay.

 

[bandofbrothers]

Please define "illegal"

 

[maturola]

Is it illegal for me to use an app from installous because it worked when a normal copy didn't even if I paid for the real copy?

Aka, I bought PvZ, and it didn't work. I downloaded an installous copy and it worked.

Yes it is, if you have any issues with an app you paid for, you can contact Apple Support, you can also contact the developer directly, they will adress your issue and make it work, in the worst case they can't, they will refund your money.

 

[labman]

Is it illegal to download music torrents but you lost or broke the cd? In the eyes of law yes. Same thing

 

[3bs]

Technically, yes. It is illegal to download any app from installous. It is up to you to decide if you feel it is morally okay.

Morally, I think it's fine. He should try to contact the devs of PvZ or wait till someone here gives him a solution. If that doesn't work then just use the installous version.

(I don't have installous on my 4S and I've never used it)

Yes it is, if you have any issues with an app you paid for, you can contact Apple Support, you can also contact the developer directly, they will adress your issue and make it work, in the worst case they can't, they will refund your money.

They might not be willing to help when they find out he's jailbroken. You do have a point however. Maybe getting a refund is the right thing to do.

 

[kevintech]

It technically isn't illegal. Since he paid for the app, he has the right to make backup copies or use other copies of the app. OP I think you're good but I've never heard of an installous app working when an AppStore app didn't.

 

[cclloyd]

Well by Installous, I mean I downloaded an uncracked IPA and put it where installous stores the files, then installed it through that. My guess is that there was some difference, maybe even just the version, idk, but it saw that I had purchased the app and so I guess it let it run.

 

[srf4real]

Please define "illegal"

Illegal, as in: ask a few of your older friends who remember Napster before and after the media kings pressed charges..

 

[0m3ga]

i dont trust a single app from installous. too much of risk imo.

 

[bandofbrothers]

Illegal, as in: ask a few of your older friends who remember Napster before and after the media kings pressed charges..

I forget their is nothing in my profile defining my age !

I'll be more specific !

When these tweaks are born and put in cydia by the developer do they patent or trademark the tweak in any way in order to protect its usage and deployment ?

Or are we meaning morally illegal ?

Past cases against people allowing downloads/torrents of music and films and software was successful due to this material being covered by such distribution rights etc.

 

[Stormy05]

i dont trust a single app from installous. too much of risk imo.

I thought the apps were installed in a sandbox and were not much of a risk.

 

[appleofmy"i"]

If you ever have to start a sentence with .."Is it illegal"...just go ahead and answer yourself

 

[thewitt]

Yes, it is illegal.

Your options are a refund from the developer or legal distributor, not downloading a modified version of the software from a pirate website.

But you knew this already....

 

[EngageWithRage]

It's illegal, but everyone doe it so that makes it okay! lol

 

[labman]

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It's illegal, but everyone doe it so that makes it okay! lol

(WRONG!)

 

[EngageWithRage]

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(WRONG!)

Obviously my sarcasm was lost on you lol

 

[twisted-pixel]

surely if I've paid for a version of the software, I am entitled to install if if I want? just because MJ brought out a new album doesn't mean I have to bin the last one (although I probably should!!)

 

[socco]

Is it illegal to download music torrents but you lost or broke the cd? In the eyes of law yes. Same thing

Nah, the same thing would be if he bought a CD that was already scratched or something and never worked to begin with. It would still be illegal, sure. But the chance of getting caught is almost zero and I see no problem morally.

 

[wjlafrance]

It technically isn't illegal. Since he paid for the app, he has the right to make backup copies or use other copies of the app. OP I think you're good but I've never heard of an installous app working when an AppStore app didn't.

Yeah, he can make a backup copy. But I'm pretty sure that the one he's getting from Installous isn't a backup of his copy. Also, I think that law may be restricted to a backup copy of audio / video media, not software. Either way, it's illegal, and totally ethical.

I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

 

[thewitt]

surely if I've paid for a version of the software, I am entitled to install if if I want? just because MJ brought out a new album doesn't mean I have to bin the last one (although I probably should!!)

Yes you are entitled to install the software you purchased. The illegal cracked version downloaded is NOT what you legally purchased.

No rationale allowed to justify the act. Sorry.

 

[bandofbrothers]

Nah, the same thing would be if he bought a CD that was already scratched or something and never worked to begin with. It would still be illegal, sure. But the chance of getting caught is almost zero and I see no problem morally.

Music cd's are protected by copyright laws.

Are the tweaks we are all talking about covered by the same legal laws.

You could be prosecuted under law for copying music from a cd or downloading it from a torrent under law.

Can the same be said of these tweaks ???

 

[kevintech]

Yeah, he can make a backup copy. But I'm pretty sure that the one he's getting from Installous isn't a backup of his copy. Also, I think that law may be restricted to a backup copy of audio / video media, not software. Either way, it's illegal, and totally ethical.

I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

You are most definitely not a lawyer because the law allows backup copies of any software you have purchased, and lawyers should know that.

 

[HickDead]

It's only cheating (or stealing) if you get caught.