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What if they bought a phone for every VM they offer? So let's say they offer 5000 VMs, they buy 5000 equivalent phones. Do you think they will still have a c
by segmondy 7y ago
What if they bought a phone for every VM they offer? So let's say they offer 5000 VMs, they buy 5000 equivalent phones. Do you think they will still have a chance?
- gjsman-1000 7y agoProbably not. That would be much better legal footing, but still has problems. The iOS copy isn't running on the actual iPhone, which is a massive violation of the iOS ToS which says that iOS can only run on an Apple-branded device. There is also legal precedent upholding this in Apple vs Psystar (2007), in which a company claimed "fair use" when selling their own "hackintoshes" and a UEFI product which made building "hackintoshes" easier. How did Psystar do? They lost. Terribly. And they had a surprisingly robust legal team, making it all the way to the point to appealing to the Supreme Court (the SCOTUS denied the request).
- gjsman-1000 7y agoWhat WOULD WORK is buy 5000 iPhones and doing passthrough. In this setup, you have 5000 iPhones, all running iOS, and the screen is recorded with touch-inputs replicated on the real iPhone. Even if they were jailbroken, the odds of Apple winning would be way, way lower than this case. Or, well, enter a legal contract with Apple.
- ascagnel_ 7y agoI don't know if the Aereo decision would come into play here -- they were declared in default, even though each user would "rent" their own unique antenna. There's also a bunch of details to that case that may make that decision irrelevant here.
- tyingq 7y agoThey could reappear in a country that gives no credence.