Thread: iPad Reselling apps - legal or not?
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Old 08-01-2010, 04:27 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by mgmueller View Post
Legal aspects aside, from a technical perspective it would be easy.
The apps on iPad are active.
Personally, I have 2 accounts active on my iPad
I also have 2 accounts on my iPad. My dad and I share each other's accounts using the up to 5 machine iTunes activation allowance. Doing it that way is both technologically easy and legal.

Sharing your apps without giving away your iTunes account info may be technically impossible (not only can you not update the apps as you already pointed out, I don't think you can even sync them with iTunes on your computer without the account info). Legally, you would have to ask Apple if its ok to sell your app licenses. I'm guessing the answer is no. Furthermore, any content that is not tied to Apple (like Amazon ebooks) would need permission from their respective owners.

Bottom line, you probably shouldn't try to sell an iDevice including apps as part of the sale.
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