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Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

Well Apple can go kiss a baboon's ass. I paid 300 dollars for my i Pod Touch 2G if I decide to jailbreak it noboby is going to stop me. check out the link below.

»www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-sa···illegal/
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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

I can see both sides of it. Just like with file sharing, the majority of people affected by something like this will be the people facilitating the activity, not those partaking in it.

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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

but what cqan they really do. if you jail break it. then you dont ever have to go back to iTunes... woohoooooo... i so wish i could... lol... is there even a way to even JB the 2nd Gen???
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I'm not sure why anyone would find this surprising. Apple is one of the most DMCA-pro companies out there. But they are not alone. If I wanted to modify my Windows UI on a licensed copy of XP/Vista I am sure doing so would get the same response from Microsoft. Same probably would be said if I wanted to modify my DirecTV HD DVR.

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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

Last time I checked, the DirecTV Dvr is mostly built on open source software.

But, last time I checked was years ago.

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said by GhostDoggy See Profile :

I'm not sure why anyone would find this surprising. Apple is one of the most DMCA-pro companies out there. But they are not alone. If I wanted to modify my Windows UI on a licensed copy of XP/Vista I am sure doing so would get the same response from Microsoft. Same probably would be said if I wanted to modify my DirecTV HD DVR.
The difference here is that you don't own Windows XP/Vista, you are simply licensed to use it.

You buy a piece of hardware, you own it and can do anything you want with it. However, if the licensing of the software/firmware which runs upon it restricts you from tampering with it, you can't legally tamper with it. Tamper with the hardware all you want, because it is yours.

Not saying that I agree this is right at all, just saying that it is what it is.
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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

said by geekamongus See Profile :

The difference here is that you don't own Windows XP/Vista, you are simply licensed to use it.

You buy a piece of hardware, you own it and can do anything you want with it. However, if the licensing of the software/firmware which runs upon it restricts you from tampering with it, you can't legally tamper with it. Tamper with the hardware all you want, because it is yours.
I tamper with OS installed on mine computer the very first minute I've entered my account name into it. Then I tamper it all the time - I modify registry settings (directly or indirectly), I add and remove components, I'm analyzing how it works (or, in some cases, do not) regularly, etc. It's mine copy of OS running on mine computer and I modify it as I want. And it's completely different now from the copy that I've purchased.
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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

I do the same thing

As I said, its not that I think it's right that we aren't supposed to tamper with software which we have a license to use, but that's the way it often is, unfortunately.
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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

ok. i just got my hands on a first gen iTouch 32gig and i want to try some cracking on it. please if anyone has info on it. please pst me on here. do not post it. i am sure the mods will delete it. thanks.

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said by Don69Fire See Profile :

ok. i just got my hands on a first gen iTouch 32gig and i want to try some cracking on it. please if anyone has info on it. please pst me on here. do not post it. i am sure the mods will delete it. thanks.
Just in case you are not joking, »lmgtfy.com/?q=jailbreak+ipod+touch
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Jason
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Re: Apple says it is illegal to jail break an i Pod touch

LMAO, Thats great..

Sorry to be OT, but that lmgtfy.com is funny as hell! Never seen that before..

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i too have apple one,just like with file sharing, the majority of people affected by something like this will be the people facilitating the activity.
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