Hi all, I open this thread here because I want a wider discussion about this topic.
Today, Wassap (one of the whatsapp clients we had on the Firefox
Marketplace) was removed due take down notice from Whatsapp Inc.
As far as I was able to discover, Whatsapp send Mozilla a take down
notice claiming trademark and legal instructed to remove the app directly.
I guess that the removal was done following the USA DMCA law, so I have
some big concerns here:
1. A external company deciding that something violates their trademark
without a court order (AFAIK in EU you need a court order).
2. Marketplace legally obligated to remove all petitions that follow a
USA specific law.
In this case the icon and name were different from whatsapp so I don't
feel this is fair for the developer. Also, I don't feel comfortable
telling developers their apps can be removed without any notice or court
order just because their app is not comfortable for some external company.
Can this lead to having different marketplaces for different
jurisdictions? As a developer I would feel more comfortable publishing
my apps in a marketplace that respects my local laws.
Regards.
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Rubén Martín [Nukeador]
Mozilla Reps Council Member
http://www.mozilla-hispano.org
http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano
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