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On Apr 9, 3:18 pm, "SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I think the last part of this conversation is much ado about > nothing. Nick was the original registrar, and original architect of the > illegal business, and the public information shows that connection and that > is all. "Covering your tracks" after a crime is something best left to the > criminal, and there's really no need to have public debate about whether > it's okay for people to re-disclose public information, whether it makes > others nervous or not; of course its okay. > > And Nick, nobody has "dragged you back into this." It appears you have > simply not completely taken yourself out in the first place. > > *About the site*: they are pirates. They plan to release an app to the > market soon that will let their customers download your apps for free (after > paying them, of course). They have done several waves of advertising via > Market comments on all the apps they have purchased (in fact, it was a > comment by Nick on our app that first brought my attention to their site, > late last year). > > Consequently, you can't really tell if they carry your app, because the > catalog visible to non-users does not show all of their downloads. For > example, they carry our product right now, but it is not in the public > catalog. Nonetheless, many users have notified us that they found our > product there. However, if you cannot find your app in the public list, I > encourage you to forget it for now and NOT pay them for a membership. I > believe they have already made many thousands in ill-gotten gains. > > Finally, I think there are only two solutions to this and the many other > pirate sites: > (1) Protect your app with some license scheme. > (2) Launch a campaign to take down the site. This will have to be done via a > lawsuit. > > Google is unlikely to do anything about this because it's not their fight, > and it doesn't harm them in any way. > > Cheers! > SoftwareForMe.com > > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no law which covers reproducing information in the public > > domain (such as whois records). > > > You should contact the registrar (GoDaddy), inform them the > > information is wrong and they're publishing your personal information, > > and ask for the domain to be taken down as it's incorrectly > > registered. > > > Better still, as whomever is involved in it has listed you as the > > admin and tech contacts you could ask GoDaddy to transfer the domain > > to your control, then point it at a domain parking page. That way you > > could get money from the parking page and the site would become a non- > > issue for everyone here and so they'd stop hassling you. > > > Have a nice day, > > > Al. > > > On Apr 9, 1:23 am, "Guess Who, You Probably have my Number" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I will say this one more time. DO NOT own this site or am I > > > affiliated with it. I f I see anybody else freely placing my personal > > > information on a forum,etc. I will have my lawyer personally contact > > > you. As this is a violation of more than one law, regardless of my > > > past, this is wrong. It was sold to a guy out of Sweden. What he did > > > or does with it is out of my control. > > > Please remove my contact info. > > > > On Apr 8, 8:07 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, if my paid app shows up there, I'll be contacting their ISP, > > > > domain registrar, and local authorities. I encourage anyone similarly > > > > being ripped off to do the same. > > > > > I'm only doing it if my app shows up there, because then I'll have the > > > > evidence and the legal standing for a complaint. > > > > > They appear to be located in Florida, so this should fall under the > > > > DCMA, which is a lousy law, but at least should work OK; this sort of > > > > thing has always been illegal. > > > > > If someone's feeling adventurous, they can email and/or call and see > > > > what they have to say for themselves. It's still possible we're > > > > jumping to conclusions. > > > > > Registrant: > > > > Private > > > > 9306 new heritage rd apt 302 > > > > orlando, Florida 32825 > > > > United States > > > > > Domain Name: ANDROIDPLAYGROUND.NET > > > > Created on: 10-Sep-09 > > > > Expires on: 10-Sep-11 > > > > Last Updated on: 26-Jan-10 > > > > > Administrative Contact: > > > > narbone, nicholas > > > > 9306 new heritage rd apt 302 > > > > orlando, Florida 32825 > > > > United States > > > > +1.4073348336 Fax -- > > > > > Technical Contact: > > > > narbone, nicholas > > > > 9306 new heritage rd apt 302 > > > > orlando, Florida 32825 > > > > United States > > > > +1.4073348336 Fax -- > > > > > Domain servers in listed order: > > > > NS1.ANDROIDPLAYGROUND.NET > > > > NS2.ANDROIDPLAYGROUND.NET > > > > > On Apr 8, 8:59 am, nexbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Basically you can get a subscription to their site for a nominal fee > > > > > and they will give you access to pirated android apps. The same apps > > > > > that you publish for a fee, the seem to download them from the market > > > > > by paying you once and distribute to their paid users for free. Nice > > > > > business model. I think Google has been notified of these guys a > > > > > hundred times, but i dont think anyone cares, assuming that these > > > > > folks may not be making a dent big enough to justify any action. > > > > > I guess this is the flipside of playing on an open platform.. focus > > on > > > > > building a better product and worry less about the bottom-feeders. > > > > > > -g > > > > > > On Apr 8, 8:43 am, Michael MacDonald <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On 04/08/10 08:23, Bob Kerns wrote:> HOWEVER -- as a developer, I > > can find no way to list my paid app on > > > > > > > their site. This makes me very suspicious. Are the developers > > getting > > > > > > > paid, or are these pirates? > > > > > > > 100% pirates > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- 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
