Ars: Pirated Pirates?

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Ars: Pirated Pirates?

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App Store DRM cracked, but what's the point?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/ ... e-sold.ars
Ars Technica wrote:Poetic Justice thy name is Crackulous. In just the last 48 hours, the free app that cracks App Store DRM has been appropriated and resold by unscrupulous metapirates. There have been 20,000 downloads so far—and over 10 million iPhones sold.
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In a fit of indignant ire, the Crackulous developers are offended that the fruits of their hard work and effort are being distributed by and profited from others. The Hackulo.us announcement notes that one such party (by which we assume they refer to Crackulous.net) has reported earnings of $40, or 4 copies at $10 per copy. They write, "We've had well over 20,000 legitimate downloads, so his 4 isn't much of a penetration -- but hey, it's fun to virtually punch pathetic losers like this in the face."

No, you cannot make this stuff up.

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