I know someone auctioning off instructions to jailbreak an iPad on Listia, but Listia will NOT take down their 100 auctions! This guy is profiting on something that I understand to be ILLEGAL! Here is a link for reference: http://www.listia.com/auction/14426602-new-free-ipad-3rd-generation-only
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I don't know if it's legal to auction off instruction jailbreak an iPad. But there are other issues:
1. Jailbreak your device, and lose your warranty.
2. Someone who uses the jailbroken device can no longer recieve software updates, since the orignal system as been replaced.
3. It's possible that other apps will no longer work with the jailbroken device.
4. Signifcant performance slowdowns have been noted on some jailbroken devices.
5. Why would someone auction instructions for jailbreaking if the information is available, free, elsewhere?
6. Bugs, malware, and viruses can infect jailbroken device more easily.
And...
7. Posting information on jailbreaking, with links, can be construed as an advertisement for the software.
It is not illegal.
Jail breaking does void any warranty and opens the device to instability and malware.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2220251/us-rules-jailbreaking-tablets-i s-illegal
Those 2 links say that it is LEGAL to jailbreak PHONES but ILLEGAL to jailbreak TABLETS under the DMCA... The auction link I posted above, the person is auctioning off iPad jailbreaking instructions, which the iPad is a TABLET and not a PHONE... "Just google jailbreaking tablets illegal"
I'm not googling anything as I do not care.
If it bothers you so much-contact apple.
This is a user to user forum, Apple is not here.
The reason I started this thread is to get Apple's attention, I have no intention of jailbreaking, I just want this guys auctions removed from this website, because most of the people who bid on them think they are getting an iPad (and because when I am looking for things to bid on his auctions always show up), and this guy has flooded the site with them (he has over 100 of the same auction listed), so he is making a profit on sharing this information, and it seems the only way to contact Apple (other than providing a serial number for a device) is on these forums, when I flag these auctions on the site the moderators do not take them down.
Trust me, I have tried contacting them through this site, and they want a serial number for an Apple device (I'm guessing they assume I want help with a product).
Have you contacted listia with your concerns ?
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Also while not being a lawyer , I think they're talking of infringement of copyright and licensing laws, not criminal law. Either way it's a bad idea and you shouldn't even think about it.
Like I said to the others, I'm not looking to jailbreak myself, I just want this guys auctions to stop flooding the marketplace on Listia, and yes I have contacted Listia about it and they did nothing, so I just now submitted yet another support ticket with them.
"This exemption is a modification of the proponents’ proposal. It permits the
circumvention of computer programs on mobile phones to enable interoperability of non-vendorapproved
software applications (often referred to as “jailbreaking”), but does not apply to tablets
– as had been requested by proponents – because the record did not support it."
That quote is taken directly from the update to the DMCA, and it says phones can be jailbroken, but tablets cannot : )
I read the quote and
And hit the wrong button. Meant to hit cancel.
Is jailbreaking an iPad illegal under DMCA?
