Sprint Denies PPC customers from sending picmail

[bakntyme]

Originally Posted by guitardoc64

the latest explanation is that we are guilty of software piracy by taking the Arcsoft app and setting it to send to the Sprint server. Supposedly they "discovered" it was being used and blocked the app to prevent legal actions by Verizon's app being "pirated" to send picmail. I posted on the buzzaboutwireless that to my knowledge the app came as part of a software upgrade package and was benign.

Arrr matey! I'm a friggin pirate!

As has been discussed extensively on buzzaboutwireless.com, you are guilty of infringement of intellectual property by copying the Arcsoft application and using it on a Sprint device, for which Arcsoft has neither been paid nor issued a license. The fact that other carriers purchased a bulk license and the end users on those other carriers were not required to pay separately for the application does not make it public domain. In specifically what licensed "software upgrade package" do you believe that you received the Arcsoft application?

As has also been discussed extensively on that forum, Sprint Picture Mail is described in the Sprint online marketing materials as including only the ability to send pictures to computers and to Sprint phones. It does not claim to allow sending pictures to devices on other carriers' networks, nor does it specify what method is available to send pictures. Since you can currently email pictures from your phone to devices on almost any carrier's network, you are actually receiving more services than the Sprint plan actually includes.