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iPhone Developer Fights Back Against Piracy, Turns Cracked Apps into Demos

By Sarah Perez / March 9, 2009 6:30 AM / View Comments

A company called Sopods, makers of the Full-Screen Web Browser application for the Apple iPhone, have just implemented new ground-breaking anti-piracy measures for the iPhone platform. After pirated copies of the company's application began to surface in the wild, the application's developer, angry about the lost income, came up with a way to detect the cracked apps and then turn them back into "demoware." With this process, the cracked apps will still work, but a message will appear after 10 runs encouraging the owner to purchase the legal copy in the iTunes store or exit the application

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