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Is it illegal?
- Thread starter cclloyd
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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
macrumors 601
maturola
macrumors 68040
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.
3bs
macrumors 603
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)
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.
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.
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
macrumors 68040
Illegal, as in: ask a few of your older friends who remember Napster before and after the media kings pressed charges..😉
bandofbrothers
macrumors 601
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.
appleofmy"i"
macrumors regular
EngageWithRage
macrumors 6502
EngageWithRage
macrumors 6502
twisted-pixel
macrumors 6502a
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!!)
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.
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
macrumors 68020
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
macrumors 601
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 ???
You are most definitely not a lawyer because the law allows backup copies of any software you have purchased, and lawyers should know that.
