"Only 20% of all installs are legal, other 80% are in piracy hands."
I believe that in case of perfect copy protection only few of that 80% would buy your app. On 16 ноя, 14:12, AlexK <kucherenko.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
