Please go talk to qualified legal counsel. This is a list for developing applications with the Android SDK, not for discussing the nuances of copyright law.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Simon Platten <[email protected]> wrote: > For starters a lot of the applications I offer on the market are free, the > ones that I do charge for are so low cost, and an attempt to recover the > development costs of the applications. I certainly haven't made £100's out > of any applications. > > I sourced the images I used from the web and in most cases edited the files > to better fit the devices. What is the difference between me re-displaying > the images sourced from public domain sites to Google displaying the images > in the 'Images' section of its online search? > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Christopher Van Kirk > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I believe that the answer is that they do not do any verification. >> >> What happens is that the original author of the copyrighted content >> complains to them, then as part of the process of determining who is right, >> they suspend your account. >> >> This is all codified in the DMCA, which unfortunately is heavily biased in >> favor of content producers at the expense of users and fair use. It's the >> law, though, in the U.S. at least, so you have to abide by it. >> >> On 10/27/2011 7:06 AM, Ricardo Amaral 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 > > > -- > Regards, > Sy > > -- > 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
