> Sigh. I spent a couple of minutes to send notices to Portlane and > Cogentco. Simple enough. > Do the same, chances improve someone takes action. That's good. And I will do the same.
I have read several reports that piracy is very high in the U.S., so I doubt it is just about availability or not wanting to set up an account. And unlike most iPhone apps, on Android users have lots of possibilities to try out an app given the generous return policy and the availability of trial apps. 1) Criminal reselling Maybe something could be done if we had a list of developers stating that their app has been stolen by AppBucket, etc. If that list is a hundred developers long, it is not so easy to ignore than if an individual says the same thing. This list could be sent to Google, to the service providers of the criminals, and to local authorities. This is different from sending a C&D letter which just costs money and makes the lawyers rich; here it is about going after an individual that sells stolen goods; a clear offense in pretty much any country by directly involving authorities. I don't want this guy to simply stop what he is doing, I want him convicted of a crime just the same as if he had robbed me on the street. 2) Piracy I have recently added a licensing measure to the apps that I sell directly via Paypal. Users now have to enter their email address, the email address is verified and logged on my server, and I can see if an email address pops up multiple times to disable that account. Sales have gone up significantly and I didn't have a single problem with users complaining about this. I am sure someone will figure out how to break this security protection. However, I believe to a lot of people there is a difference between pirating an app involving simple copying of the apk and pirating an app by changing the code and repackaging it. Only idiots find saving $2 worth the risk of installing malware. So I would like an OpenSource system as a starting point for developers to do their own licensing scheme for apps sold outside (and maybe even inside) of the google market. To make things a bit more challenging for hackers, that code needs to be modified by individual developers just as Google asks developers to modify the licensing code that is now known as the market licensing API. (Google's server return static responses about the validity of the app which is a huge mistake; this can be done much better). If anybody knows about other people having already started an effort for any of these two things above, I would appreciate a link. And if you are willing to pool resources to write code together with me, or to help writing letters, let me know. Martin mobitobi Gentle Alarm, Sleep Now -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
