If nobody knows who you are, then they can't cause you any problems. Anything else and no matter what, you can always have problems with frivolous lawsuits and retarded judges.
However, the biggest problem with this is if you want to charge for your app... it is difficult to arrange for untraceable anonymous payments. On May 8, 3:15 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Folks - new guy alert... > > Several years ago I developed a desktop application for weight > training that would estimate how many sets/reps/weight to use given > either a legitimate 1 repetition maximum or an estimated one (I > included a tool to estimate a 1 rep max from a set of an exercise done > for 2 through 20 reps). > > I copyrighted the code etc etc. > > I contacted several lawyers about my liability even though I had > created an LLC to "shield" my personal assets. Every one of the > lawyers said it was easy to get a judge to throw out the LLC shield > and that I needed to get product liability insurance. Every one of > them stated that I needed it so that if anyone tried to sue b/c they > got injured during a workout, the insurance companies lawyers would > show up instead of me having to pay one or more by the hour to fight > the case. > > I had multiple connections in the NBA and was given a couple of > companies to call that dealt specifically with fitness related > insurance. Guess what?...wait for it...NO ONE in the insurance > business would even consider giving me an estimate - I tried talking > to every contact I was given over a 6 month period...zip, zero, nada > deal making, even though I had a M.S. Degree in exercise physiology, > was a NCAA Division I Strength and Conditioning Coach, & had a degree > in computer science. That was several years ago. > > A few months ago Apple (yes, Steve Jobs/Woz etc Apple) applied for > patents on...wait for it...wait for it...strength training software > for the iPhone. Two-thirds of the functionality was identical to what > my application did. I'm not suggesting that they stole anything b/c > I'm pretty sure they didn't (IBM is working on similar stuff too). My > post boils down to this one question (I know, finally right?): > > How does a developer go about shielding his/herself from litigious > revenge from a disgruntled user? I'd love to re-write the app to live > in the android environment, but I don't want to do all the work and > end up in a legal fight because some meat-head (I can say that, I am a > meat head too) drops a plate on his toe and blames my application for > it. > > Please don't say write a good EULA - all 3 lawyers I consulted with > said the EULA I had for the app was the best they'd seen, but that a > decent lawyer could get past just about any EULA. > > Help Me Obi Android Kenobi's, your my only hope... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
