> illegally downloaded an illegal application to legally download/listen to music
You mean to _illegally_ download/listen to music; there's no license in your region.
Re:Jailbreaking Is Not A Crime
by postfuturist on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @07:44PM
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I used a jailbroken iPhone for 2 years, I never once pirated an application, I still purchased plenty of apps from Apple's dumb app store and a few from Cydia. Mostly, I just used it to "background" apps before that was a built-in feature.
Re:Jailbreaking Is Not A Crime
by redthrowaway on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @07:37PM
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Very few of the applications available on Cydia are "illegal", they're just banned from the App Store by Apple. Similarly, there's nothing illegal about linux, but you'll have to jailbreak your ps3 to install it.
Re:Jailbreaking Is Not A Crime
by SoftwareMaven on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @07:33PM
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Even if 100% of the uses were illegal, this is an issue of principal. When I buy a gadget, I didn't lease it, I bought it. It is mine. As such, I shouldn't have to worry I might go to jail (!!) for modifying my device in a way that doesn't impact anybody else.
Re:Jailbreaking Is Not A Crime
by stcredzero on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @08:29PM
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this is an issue of principal.
principle
Re:Jailbreaking Is Not A Crime
by reitzensteinm on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @08:00PM
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Most cars with performance tuning are used to speed on roads, but it should be and is still legal.
Note:
I myself had to jailbreak my iphone to install spotify (and asked a friend to pay for it since he's outside of Canada). For some reasons, spotify is illegal here. (Yes, I know, I illegally downloaded an illegal application to legally download/listen to music).