Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-30 Thread Wayne Wenthin
Darn and I was going to patent that! ;-) On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Christopher Van Kirk christopher.vank...@gmail.com wrote: That's not going to stop them from coming after you, and it'll be on you to explain the distinction in court (if they were really going to sue you). They

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Aladin Q
On Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:41:53 AM UTC+2, Mark Carter wrote: Out of interest, how do they get the dev's address? Maybe they retrieve it via WHOIS'ing the domain name associated to the developer contact information (meaning the whois information is not protected/obfuscated) or via

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Andy
If you have a App in the Market it's madatory to make a adress public for billing. And yes, this aplies to links also, because my Button is simply a Link to the Android Market. In Android you can choose what to do with certain links. Like youtube links open the Youtube Browser, so Market

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Mark Carter
Does it only matter if you link to your app's details Market page or is it also a problem linking to your Other apps...? On 29 August 2011 17:50, Andy m...@tekx.de wrote: If you have a App in the Market it's madatory to make a adress public for billing. And yes, this aplies to links also,

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Klimek .....
go away fck spammer On Aug 27, 2011 8:50 AM, Andy m...@tekx.de wrote: Hi makjaveli, i recieved a Lodsys letter 2 Days ago. Same Problem here. I have a button in my app linked to the Android Market. It's simply a button with a underlaying http Link pointing to the payed app URL. I can't think

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Wayne Wenthin
That opens an interesting concept.If you want the paid version of my game download this intermediary app that will then point you to the premium game.They can't claim you are linking to an upgrade to your game if the link is not in the free version Hmmm. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:01

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-29 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
That's not going to stop them from coming after you, and it'll be on you to explain the distinction in court (if they were really going to sue you). They seem to think they've patented the link to purchase from an app, and you could arguably conclude that even links inside a web browser

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-27 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
It's reasonable to expect that they will attempt to shake down everyone who sells an Android app. It's not reasonable to expect that they will actually sue everyone they contact. Nobody has the resources to do that. I still think this is just one guy in a dark room writing threatening letters

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-27 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
The guy is still writing letters so it stands to reason some people are paying him. On 8/27/2011 2:49 PM, Andy wrote: Hi makjaveli, i recieved a Lodsys letter 2 Days ago. Same Problem here. I have a button in my app linked to the Android Market. It's simply a button with a underlaying http

Re: [android-developers] Re: Freemium Model with In-App Purchases

2011-08-27 Thread Mark Carter
Out of interest, how do they get the dev's address? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to