Unless you know every piece of copyrighted, trademarked, or patented material and take all of them into account when you develop your app you may find someone comes to you and alleges an infringement. If you keep your app up you're wilfully infringing their copyright if it turns out they're right (which may increase damages you have to pay), and if you take your app down to investigate their claim you get hit by the 1 year rule.
Damned if you do, Damned if you don't. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 11 Nov 2009, at 11:41, niko20 wrote: > I don't see a problem with section 7.1 > > It basically enforces a stiffer penalty on those who may create a > garbage app, with copyright infringement or malicious intent and are > asked or forced to remove the app. It doesn't affect normal > "takedowns", where you decide to unpublish your app. > > -niko > > On Nov 11, 3:47 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> No worries, it's just some people on this list don't have English as their >> first language and so humour can cause confusion :). >> >> Al. >> -- >> >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* >> >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >> number 6741909. >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> subsidiaries. >> >> On 11 Nov 2009, at 09:36, tauntz wrote: >> >>> Sry, I wasn't trying to be serious :) >> >>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> And then you get hit by the defective clause in 7.2 and you're still >>>> liable for a years sales. >> >>>> Al. >>>> -- >> >>>> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* >> >>>> ====== >>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >>>> number 6741909. >> >>>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >>>> subsidiaries. >> >>>> On 11 Nov 2009, at 09:17, tauntz wrote: >> >>>>> That one is easy - just don't remove your app from the Market - >>>>> release an update for your app that contains.. nothing - just an empty >>>>> activity ;) >> >>>>> Tauno >> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Yup, some good some bad, and I may not have caught all of them. My >>>>>> comments >>>>>> are my understanding, but I'm not a lawyer so you shouldn't go just off >>>>>> my >>>>>> understanding of the changes. >>>>>> *** Biggest problem - changes to 7.1 & 7.2 *** >>>>>> In the new agreement 7.2 states; >>>>>> "If you remove a Product from the Market pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), >>>>>> (iii) or (iv) of this Section 7.1, and an end user purchased such Product >>>>>> within a year before the date of takedown, at Google’s request, you must >>>>>> refund to the affected end user all amounts paid by such end user for >>>>>> such >>>>>> affected Product, less the portion of the Transaction Fee specifically >>>>>> allocated to the credit card/payment processing for the associated >>>>>> transaction." >>>>>> The four sections cover removing your app from market and telling Google >>>>>> you >>>>>> were protecting yourself because of *allegations* (yes, not claims >>>>>> backed by >>>>>> a court ruling, just allegations) of infringement of Intellectual >>>>>> property, >>>>>> defamation, violation of publicity or privacy, or breaching the law. >>>>>> So if I went to a developer and said "I've just played your game and it >>>>>> breaches my copyright" (as happened to some t*tris like games), you get >>>>>> left >>>>>> with a choice; Keep the app up and run the risk of a lawsuit, or take the >>>>>> app down and risk having to refund your last years worth of sales. >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> 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 >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=. >> >>>> -- >> >>>> 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 >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=. >> >>> -- >> >>> 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 >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=. > > -- > > 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=. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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