Really? I think the restriction is only for ADP phones which has legal (bestowed by google) root access.
I heard that "unconventionally" rooted phones have full access to paid apps on Android Market. Can anyone confirm this (without incriminating yourself, that is)? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]>wrote: > Luckily for us, Google does not allow us to install copyprotected apps on > rooted phones. > > Andreas > > Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: > > >I am not a lawyer, but in case you are, and you are sueing other people on > >grounds of *The Digital Millennium Copyright Act* (DMCA), then I would > >strongly implore that you shouldn't root the G1 on grounds of hypocrisy. > > > >According to Wikipedia: > > > >DMCA is a United States <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> > >copyright <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright> > >law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law>that [...] also criminalizes the > >act of circumventing an access control, > >whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself. > > > >Because G1 has some sort of (very weak) DRM to control paid apps, and root > >can allow you to copy paid apps, all you guys rooting G1s should get ready > >for some jail time. Cops are coming real soon now. > > > > > >On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Dave White <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> IANAL*, nor am I qualified to give you legal advice, but I keep reading > >> these messages on this list. I would think there's a difference between > >> "illegal" and "in breach of contract". ie: The police can put you in > prison > >> for the first one, and you can get civilly sued by an individual or > company > >> for the second. I would have thought that in most countries what you do > >> with your phone after you have purchased can really only invalidate the > >> warranty, or breach your contract with the teleco. That would > potentially > >> put you in line for a civil case against the teleco, but not have the > police > >> come looking for you. > >> I'm guessing you come from America, where I think the RIAA / MPAA have > >> muddied the waters about what is and isn't illegal. > >> > >> With regards to Google, and again with the proviso that I'm not in the > >> lagal profession, I would suggest that they don't actually have any > control > >> over what you do with YOUR telephone, which was in any case made by > another > >> company. Don't forget they sell the Dev phone completely unlocked. > >> > >> *IANAL = I Am Not A Layer. > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
