I am not suggesting they go after Chinese web site But I suggest they put good protection for paid apps. I also suggest they officially tell developers it's our own problem so i can plan accordingly
On Oct 13, 1:38 pm, Dan Sherman <impact...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not a lawyer... > > But Google has absolutely no right to try to litigate on your behalf. They > can't file criminal charges, they would have to file civil charges, but to > file a civil charge, the defendant has to be wronged in some way. I > understand they could try "We've been wronged by you damaging the community > in general", but thats shaky ground, its far easier for an individual to > prove they've been wronged when that person has actually violated your > copyright... > > Filing a civil suit in small claims court (and lets be honest, with the size > of the android market, you're not looking at anything larger than small > claims court), its like 50$ at your local court to file a suit, and if you > win, you'll get that money back. > > If you're seriously concerned about the issue, take a stance and file some > complaints, don't just say "Google, why aren't you doing anything?"... > > A possible example: If you grew fruits, and got a booth at a farmers > market, and someone walked up and stole an apple. You wouldn't ask the > farmers market to fix it for you, you'd either have to run after the guy, > and get the apple back yourself, or sit quietly. > > - Dan > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Anson Mackeracher <amack...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > This is absolutely Google's problem... Do you think individual > > developers have the resources to combat piracy? If Google doesn't look > > after their development community, that community won't persist for > > very long. > > > On Oct 13, 1:11 pm, Dan Sherman <impact...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just pointing out, I don't think it's necessarily Google's problem. It > > > would be on the individual developer level (or on behalf of a group of > > > developers). Google doesn't own the licenses to applications that site > > is > > > distributing, individual developers do... > > > > - Dan > > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Andrei <gml...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > There is a Chinese web site where u can download packages for paid > > > > apps > > > >http://www.91android.com/bbs/attachmentList.php?action=search > > > > Can Google do something about this? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
