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On Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:06:03 AM UTC+1, Terry wrote: > > Correction: The reference numbers (for removals) are *[#1121348892] and * > *[#1121360722]*** > > * > * > > kl. 10:51:49 UTC+2 søndag 14. oktober 2012 skrev Terry følgende: >> >> Two of my apps have been removed from the Google Play Store, (a >> free/trial version and a pro version of the same app). >> >> A developer of a similar app asked for them to be removed. The reason for >> removal was given as “Alleged copyright infringement (according to the >> terms of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act).” >> >> As I could not understand that my apps had violated any of his >> copyrights, I sent a DMCA counter notification to Google. >> >> After a few weeks, Google replied:"If we do not receive notice that the >> complainant has brought a court action within 10 to 14 days, we will >> reinstate the material in question." >> >> This made me full of hope. I assumed that it meant that Google had not >> accepted the request for removal, and I did not think that the meager >> economy associated with an app could be the reason to start a costly legal >> action. >> >> After another few weeks, I received the following email from Google: “We >> are in receipt of your attached counter notification letter. Upon presenting >> the complainant with your counter notification letter, they responded >> stating their intention to take the matter to court. We will await your >> correspondence regarding the results of the court order before taking >> any further action.” >> >> I sent them another email, pointing out that I had had no information as >> to a court action, to which they replied: “Unfortunately we are unable >> to assist you any further regarding this issue at this point.” >> >> I still have heard nothing as to a legal action, neither from Google, >> nor the complainant or any court. >> >> So, the conclusion of this unhappy affair seems to be the following: >> >> if you want to remove some bothersome apps, you just have to complain to >> Google that your copyrights have been violated. If they do not agree, you >> just have to tell them that you intend to take the matter to court. (You >> don’t have to carry it through.) Then they will remove the apps you are >> asking for. >> >> Can it really be THIS easy to remove a competitor’s apps? >> >> Without any consequences? >> >> Or is there something I have misunderstood? >> >> In case anyone inside Google would care to take a closer look at this >> case, the reference numbers (for removals) are *[#1121348892] and ** >> [#1121348892]** *. >> >> Regards, Terry >> >> >> -- 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
