Just when you thought NBC could not top To Catch a Predator. Here's the setup. NBC leaves 20 or so I-Pods in public places where they're stolen. The I-Pod software has been tampered so that NBC can find out the personal information of those who registered them. Hilarity ensues when the thieves are confronted.
A cure for i-jacking is on its way... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472220&in_page_id=1770
I would sue NBC if I were these people. Or Apple. 1. If they made it look like iTunes, well, copyright infringement by Apple in the first place. 2. Possible identity theft / Phishing.
Apple does not have "i" anything copyrighted... the iRobot corporation has been around since 1990, and theyre not complaining... and why would an investigative journalism program, who report on fraud, phishing, and identity theft have any reason to snatch someone elses ID... I'll watch tonight to see the technology that they are using... they are saying that it is possible to track these thieves once they log in their stolen ipods, as long as the original owner registered their info and report when their ipods are stolen...
How wide open are these I-pods left? I mean if they are next to someone's purse or backpack I wouldn't pick it up but if it was just by itself say on the floor of an empty coffee shop, who's to say it's stealing?
Thats exactly what I am thinking? If I see an ipod laying around and no one close by or claiming it, I'm keeping it. WTF are you suppose to do? Dial 911 and report an ipod?
It depends on where it is left. If it is on a park bench in the middle of a public park, there's no one to give it to. You can see if there is any identifying info on it and try to get it to the owner, but failing that, it's yours. If it is in a store, restaurant or something like that, you turn it in to the manager so that it can be claimed later. I left my cell phone at a restaurant a few weeks ago and realized it about an hour later. When I went back, the manager had it. If someone would've taken it and kept it, I'd have been PISSED and if I found out who it was, I'd press charges.
Good point. I assumed they left it on a bench or subway or bus or something. If its left at an establishment I can understand it. I guess we have to wait and see.
i thought you're suppose to give it to the police station for x amount of days, and then it's yours if no one claims it.
If it's in a public place with no one to give it to for lost and found, what are you supposed to do? Theoretically, if nobody took it, it would just sit there forever. Or you could always take it and then put up signs or list in in the lost and found section of Craigslist. It should be easy for the owner to identify what songs and artists are on it.
What would be the karma of keeping a lost mp3 player filled with illegally downloaded music? Could I claim to balance out the universe or would I just be a jerk?
the first example was on the dashboard of a convertible in an area that reports many ipods being stolen.. the report said that "within minutes" a group of teenagers were hovering near the car and it was gone in seconds...
I assume "finders keepers" for pens, small change, other relatively little and common things that no one is going to come back and look for (or, in the case of a park or parking lot, be able to find). On the other hand, you know someone is going to want their ipod, wallet, or cell phone, so do your best to get it to its owner. They will come back looking for it. Even in a public place, you might be able to put up a sign.
