Yes I know that piracy will always be an issue, but setting up a site with such extreme boldness is imo just shocking. Like: "You want a new version? Leave me a comment, give me a minute and I crack and upload it for you."
The thing that **** me is that you don't even have to go to whatever- torrent-warez-page.6x.to . The next step would be adding a "Android-Leaks"-App to the market where you can get all apps for free (I know it would get banned...). What would you say then? On 2 Sep., 16:15, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. > My app is on quite a number of siteZ as well (and my app is copy > protected; but rooted phones can get around this and allow > distribution of my app outside the Android Market). It's a fact of > life you have to deal with, alas..... I just hope that most people > don't go out of their way to go around the Android Market to save > themselves $1.49. > > Sean about where to buy paid apps if you don't have Android Market, > You could check Handango.com, onlyandroid.mobihand.com, slideme.org, > andappstore.com and some others. > > On Sep 2, 9:53 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Chill. Piracy is a constant thing you'll have to deal with if you are > > developing and selling your software. There is NOTHING you can do to > > stop it. As soon as you get it removed from the file host, someone > > will upload it again, maybe even in the same place, and no amount of > > emailing to the file host will stop those who are sharing it, and > > there is nothing your lawyer can do about it except charge you for > > writing the same letters that you are writing yourself. > > > And regarding bringing the site down... don't waste your time. It'll > > just pop up somewhere else the next day. > > > On Sep 2, 8:31 am, plusminus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > when I returned from my vacation I realized a 'sudden' drop (50%) in > > > sales of my application AndCam3D > > > (http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.anddev.andcam3d > > > ) > > > > Having activated the 'Copy Protection' I first did not think of piracy > > > and not being aware of the possibility to easily circumvent even the > > > CopyProtection, I did a quick google search on "AndCam3D" > > > (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=andcam3d) and just on the second > > > page I found the > > > following:http://android-leak.com/applications/andcam-3d-1-3/ > > > > I was struck by what I saw! > > > > 5 links to different file-hosters: > > > DepositFiles:http://depositfiles.com/files/kwldtfwis > > > zSHAREhttp://www.zshare.net/download/6469090898da396f/ > > > Megaupload:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=67WJUDUU > > > Rapidshare:http://rapidshare.com/files/271793746/org.anddev.andcam3d.rar.html > > > and another one where I could not yet get the file deleted. > > > > When I tested the offered version and it was actually working very > > > well, I got really angry and did a quick whois > > > lookup:http://whois.domaintools.com/android-leak.com > > > > I found a wild combination of China, Seychelles and Turkey. But > > > obviously the owner (who btw doesn't find those files on the net, but > > > even uploads the files to the file-hosters by himself (you can see > > > users requesting newer versions, and he responds) > > > Also see the FAQ: > > > ####################### > > > Q: What I have to do when all Downloadlinks are death? > > > A: Please post a comment to the concerned App or Game. Then we try to > > > upload them again, as fast as we could. > > > ####################### > > > ) is from Germany! You can see that by the links to German websites > > > (http://nichts-zutun.de/,http://piratenpartei.de/(nowremoved), > > > the second one is a German party I am thinking of voting for...o_O ) > > > > The funny thing is that there is neither an Imprint or a Contact-mail, > > > which is also not legal in Germany... > > > > So if you sell an app and you find it on his site, either contact your > > > lawyer, or write an really mad comment (like I did) in English (or > > > German, as I did) AND request removal of the files due to copyright > > > infringement with the file-hosters. Most of them will listen within > > > 24h. > > > > Let me know what you think and what could be done to bring this site > > > down. > > > > Best Regards, > > > Nicolas Gramlich > > > # anddev.org | Worlds largest Android Developer Community- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
