Our company starts today anti-piracy initiative against piracy that already happened on Android Market. We request all vendors and developers to support this initiative.
Piracy become a threat for vendors that publishing application on Android Market! It is not a joke, it is a real threat. Our last application publishing shows how bad is situation on the Android Market. Only 20% of all installs are legal, other 80% are in piracy hands. Google does not provide any actions to stop piracy, so we as a vendor that provide software for Android Market, have to think about protection measures. Piracy is threat that cannot be target easily and eliminated in one day. Only join of all vendors can help in anti- piracy. ArtfulBits company decide to start from today "Android Anti-piracy Movement" with main goal: "protect vendors and punish piracy". Our next steps are: - Petition to Google with request to provide better anti-piracy protocols for Android Market; - Collective anti-Google charge, from side of vendors that loose money due to Google "security holes" in Android Market application distribution channel; - Public web service "Black List", that helps all developer to check is there application installed on pirate phone; - Joining of the software vendors over that problem for finding better anti-piracy strategies; - Identification of the roots of piracy, that make possible Android Market software leaking and contribution them to justice. A little later today we will open "black-list" database of devices, where was installed stolen version of applications. In addition, we will provide "easy code" for all developers that can be integrated into own application and during first start, check is phone in "black list" or not. Opened Anti-Piracy forum thread: http://www.artfulbits.com/Support Petition can be signed here: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/androidpiracy Stay tuned! Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
