Your point is a true one, but everyone I've seen so far, when I *actually* investigated the matter, had a bunch of wallpaper apps they were charging some small amount for, and not much else. (As in, I haven't seen somebody who had a complicated application with a minor infringement, it's pretty obvious based on the developer app listings that they're infringing copyright.) I think these are the people that they're going after: when somebody at one of the companies says "oh hey, here's somebody making $100 a month from our product's logo..."
kris On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Ricardo Amaral <[email protected]> wrote: > This got me thinking about my own app and how Google verifies these things. > Depending on the material, it can be very easy for them to know if the > material is copyrighted and if the developer in question have a license to > use it. In my case, I don't think it's that easy. > > I'm developing an app which will uses a couple of icon sets and I'm > developing a free and paid app. The free app will only be using icons which > specifically have a license that allow me to do so in a commercial app (the > same set of icons will be in both versions). In the paid app, I'll be > removing any icon set for which I don't have a license to use. But how does > Google now? > > I'm thinking about a specific icon set which is free to download and free to > use under certain circumstances, one of them is not a paid app. But I could > have bought a license to use it. Will they just ignore a situation like this > (even if I was in violation of the copyrighted material), they really dig > into the matter or they just cancel the account? I mean, the only way for > them to know for sure (I repeat, on this specific situation) is to contact > me and ask me for some kind of proof that I really have bought a license for > those icons, or contact the icon author and ask if a guy with my developer > account name has ever ought a license for them. Do they really do that? > > Not that I'm trying to find how their process works to circumvent it, I just > don't want to get my account suspended because they didn't take the time to > really find out if I was in violation of copyrighted material or not. I'm > really trying to avoid using stuff that I don't have a license for. I > believe in giving credit where credit is due and if I want to use > copyrighted material for which I need to pay first, I will, otherwise I > won't use it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
