[android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-11-01 Thread JackN
Well, if it was a DMCA, I think the law states you have the right to know who filed it. On Oct 28, 9:10 am, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com wrote: That's for a chrome extension... so I'd say... no. Kris On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, JackN j...@jacknorth.com wrote: You?

[android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-28 Thread JackN
You? http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=131464 On Oct 26, 5:27 am, Sy simonaplat...@googlemail.com wrote: I received an email yesterday informing me that my developer account has been suspended. Your Android Market Publisher account has been suspended due to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-28 Thread Kristopher Micinski
That's for a chrome extension... so I'd say... no. Kris On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, JackN j...@jacknorth.com wrote: You? http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=131464 On Oct 26, 5:27 am, Sy simonaplat...@googlemail.com wrote: I received an email yesterday

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Simon Platten
For starters a lot of the applications I offer on the market are free, the ones that I do charge for are so low cost, and an attempt to recover the development costs of the applications. I certainly haven't made £100's out of any applications. I sourced the images I used from the web and in most

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Mark Murphy
Please go talk to qualified legal counsel. This is a list for developing applications with the Android SDK, not for discussing the nuances of copyright law. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@googlemail.com wrote: For starters a lot of the applications I offer on the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
FYI, the consequences of IP theft are about to get much worse: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/disastrous-ip-legislation-back-%E2%80%93-and-it%E2%80%99s-worse-ever On 10/27/2011 2:42 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: Please go talk to qualified legal counsel. This is a list for developing

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Streets Of Boston
Even using the word 'Marvel' in one of your app's names could be ground for a DMCA... I'm a 'pro-sumer' photographer. If my (lower-res) pics show up in Google search result, i don't mind, because people will click on it and this will take them to my galleries. And they can possibly buy my pics

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Simon Platten
I'm a 'pro-sumer' photographer. If my (lower-res) pics show up in Google search result, i don't mind, because people will click on it and this will take them to my galleries. And they can possibly buy my pics from my gallery. Google search-results serves as a billboard/ad in this case. You might

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Raghav Sood
In the image search, each image provides a clear link to where it originally turns up. Google is merely indexing them. It is not branding them as it's own images. Thanks -- Raghav Sood http://www.androidactivist.org/ - Author http://www.appaholics.in/ - Founder -- You received this message

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Simon Platten
If I type Marvel into google images and hit the search button I get lots of images from various source. The links it provides are not only the correct / proper / originator site but also everyone else that has copied or used it. So Google is peddling stolen goods? Whatever spin you want to put

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Raghav Sood
Marvel would definitely releasing images which you are allowed to use in your own work. I am not saying that all the images that turn up in the search are allowed to be there by Marvel, or that this applies to every search term. I am just saying that most big companies release versions of their

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Google isn't peddling stolen goods, it's providing a link to stolen goods. However, you should note that Google frequently *does* take down images when they get complaints. And many of the images you see linked *are* in violation of copyright. If you sold and made money off of them, you should

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread Simon Platten
I agree. However I find it very rich that Google is telling me what I can and cannot do when they are doing exactly the same. As said before I am very happy to remove offending applications (given the opportunity). On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-27 Thread John Coryat
However I find it very rich that Google is telling me what I can and cannot do You might want to go back and read the agreement you signed when you opened your developer account. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Streets Of Boston
Sorry, you'll not be able to get help here to get your app or account re-instated. At best we can be help you try to figure out *why *you got suspended. But since we don't know anything about your app(s), that'll be difficult. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Kristopher Micinski
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_developer/simon-platten_fcwi.html It's a pretty easy answer: you're charging for copyrighted material you didn't create.. It makes sense that your account was suspended because you violated copyright law, right? Kris On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Streets

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Streets Of Boston
Yep, If that's indeed his set of apps, Sy's using images and artwork that are copyrighted That's a big no-no, even if he wasn't charging for it. Sy, unless you can forge a deal with all these companies (Marvel, bunch of photographers, etc) or unless you create your own artwork, your

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Simon Platten
I am very happy to remove any offending applications from the market. I believed 'wrongly' that the images I was using were not copyrighted. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Streets Of Boston flyingdutc...@gmail.comwrote: Yep, If that's indeed his set of apps, Sy's using images and artwork

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Kristopher Micinski
I feel like this is a case where they're fairly obviously copyrighted, and since so many of your apps are in violation, I think you'd be better off just opening a new account.. Kris On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@googlemail.com wrote: I am very happy to remove

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread John Coryat
This is a good lesson to every developer. Examine closely every single image and source of data you're currently using in any of your apps. If you don't have clear permission to use that source, you'll eventually and rightfully have your apps pulled and your account closed. Copyright laws have

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread bh@nu
hi frnd, can you send material for android or any e-books... i am very new to android... On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_developer/simon-platten_fcwi.html It's a pretty easy answer: you're charging for

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Ricardo Amaral
This got me thinking about my own app and how Google verifies these things. Depending on the material, it can be very easy for them to know if the material is copyrighted and if the developer in question have a license to use it. In my case, I don't think it's that easy. I'm developing an app

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Your point is a true one, but everyone I've seen so far, when I *actually* investigated the matter, had a bunch of wallpaper apps they were charging some small amount for, and not much else. (As in, I haven't seen somebody who had a complicated application with a minor infringement, it's pretty

Re: [android-developers] Re: Account suspended

2011-10-26 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
I believe that the answer is that they do not do any verification. What happens is that the original author of the copyrighted content complains to them, then as part of the process of determining who is right, they suspend your account. This is all codified in the DMCA, which unfortunately