Copy protected applications install perfectly fine on rooted phones.
On Apr 3, 5:47 pm, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]> wrote:
> You are mistaking paid with copyprotected apps,
> These are orthogonal features, most apps, including paid ones are not copy
> protected, and free ones can be copyprotected.
>
> Andreas
>
> Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> hat geschrieben:
>
>
>
> >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.
>
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity.
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