Hello XDA Members. Nice to post my question.
I create a Quiz app for a TV show but if I publish the app on the play store, I'm afraid from Google will ban my account. I'm not sure but i heard if you are using a name of a show it's illegal and against the play store policy as publisher.
But from my point of view I saw many apps for this show and until now those apps still online on the Google Play store.
Anyway, if you have knowledge or an experience. Please reply :good:.
Fadouchi said:
Hello XDA Members. Nice to post my question.
I create a Quiz app for a TV show but if I publish the app on the play store, I'm afraid from Google will ban my account. I'm not sure but i heard if you are using a name of a show it's illegal and against the play store policy as publisher.
But from my point of view I saw many apps for this show and until now those apps still online on the Google Play store.
Anyway, if you have knowledge or an experience. Please reply :good:.
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I think you have to contact to show right owner, and ask about possibility of streaming their show in you apps. Google Play can ban your app if your app will violate copyrights.
suckdee said:
I think you have to contact to show right owner, and ask about possibility of streaming their show in you apps. Google Play can ban your app if your app will violate copyrights.
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I'm not streaming the show on my app. It's just a simple Q & A app (Quiz App). I'm not streaming anything.
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My app named iFreeMovies is a simple list of youtube movies. It's not a playlist, it's searches the movies that orders in a list and you can watch them in youtube player api v3. Using an open source imdb api you can also get some informations in a webview. Unfortunately today I get this mail:
REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior provisions of the Content Policy. Please refer to the IP infringement and impersonation policy help article for more information.
Your app and/or elements of its listing on Google Play, including title, description, logo(s), or promotional screenshots must not include unauthorized usage of protected works belonging to a third party.
Your app icon and promotional screenshots must not contain images that appear confusingly similar to existing products.
This particular app has been disabled as a policy strike. If your developer account is still in good standing, you may revise and upload a policy compliant version of this application as a new package name.
This notification also serves as notice for remaining, unsuspended violations in your catalog, and you may avoid further app suspensions by immediately unpublishing any apps in violation of (but not limited to) the above policy. Once you have resolved any existing violations, you may republish the app(s) at will. Before publishing applications, please ensure your apps’ compliance with the Developer Distribution Agreement and Content Policy.
All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. If your account is terminated, payments will cease and Google may recover the proceeds of any past sales and the cost of any associated fees (such as chargebacks and payment transaction fees) from you.
If you feel we have made this determination in error, you can visit the Google Play Help Center article for additional information regarding this removal.
I don't understand. So since I'm not an expert developer, in order to learn, I would like that someone clarify me what's happened. In particular my great question is: What's the reason? The logo, the name, the company name ( I wrote Tuxmind as nickname) .
Help me to figure out, please!
I'm betting it's either you using YouTube images or the name. Apple has a habit of pulling this with alot of inames
I use YouTube thumbnails in the list. It's a possibility offered by YouTube api v3. So Could I change the name from ifree movies to free movies and solve the problem? But I will loose my users. Sigh!
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Well I'll be honest. The title free movies is miss leading. All your app does is give you a list of YouTube videos. The name implies they could download those movies which is illegal.
Thank you for your answer. Then Free streaming movies or Free Underground Movies... Or something Like that you can't refer to download some Giles. Isn't it?
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maddom73 said:
Thank you for your answer. Then Free streaming movies or Free Underground Movies... Or something Like that you can't refer to download some Giles. Isn't it?
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See your app doesnt do any of that. It doesnt stream movies, and it still implys that you can get movies for free.
Your better off with something like Youtube list or something along those lines.
Watch Movies Tube?
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Using a name that is similar to any other brand would get suspended. For example "iFreeMovies" imitates the Apple brand; "Youtube List" or "Watch Movies Tube" would imitate the YouTube Brand.
I try to upload my apps to Play Store. First attempt is a jumping game. Got suspended with a message such as 'copyright/trademark//impersonation such a things'. I look around reading references, turn out it is popular issues at this moment.
Ok, then I write some simple application using Sencha which read some data(JSON) and show list of text. Just like a notes. Decorate my own icons using Lunapic webapp and cooltexts. Name my apps as MantapNya. No apps using that name in Play Store. And no such thing as trademark related to that name. Publish it on Play Store, again quickly I get the same suspended result and with a message such as 'copyright/trademark//impersonation such a things. Huh??? no clue what is happening?
What is going on with Play Store these days? I already get app suspended twice. Afraid to publish apps now. The third suspended I believe equal to termination.
This articles seem good references: http://www.xda-developers.com/google-play-store-policies-and-common-mistakes-to-avoid/
Did follow it, still no clue why. Google become evil now? Is it?
I wonder, if I do not use Play Store and publish it elsewhere such as Amazon Store, Samsung Store etc . Can I still use Admob on it? Admod use Google Play Services now, not sure can or not?
Btw, I get to study some other alternatives. This is what I get so far.
ads:
http://www.mobvista.com/
https://www.revmobmobileadnetwork.com/
https://www.supersonicads.com/lp/mb/lp_c1/index.php?=roam_xda
http://www.upsight.com/
https://www.mobilecore.com/
http://www.airpush.com/
http://www.millennialmedia.com/
store:
http://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?TSID=4857&GR_URL=http://amzn.to/1aNweoz
http://www.getjar.com/
http://apps.samsung.com/venus/main/getMain.as
http://slideme.org/ -->paypal
http://www.mobogenie.com/
http://www.appslib.com/
Any suggestions which is better as an alternative? Thanks.
Hi,why it disappeared from Play Store??Where can I find the latest free version??
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Anyone??
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I haven't found it using the Play Store search engine but I've still been able to find it listed as 'USB/BT JoystickCenter 2015' (green icon) under My Apps > All in the Play Store menu under the account in which I originally downloaded it. I actually paid for this app license in its early stage. Perhaps that's why I am still able to find and install from Play Store...? ?.
I searched github and the most recent activity was by Jared Morgan (jaredmorgs) in July 2016. He edited the README file stating that the dev has abandoned this app and the licensing server is down.
I emailed him asking how I can contact the dev Poke64738 but he said he didn't know. I've since backed up to Google Drive and Dropbox just in case it disappears completely. I don't know the rules of posting a link to download somebody else's app from my Drive acct. I will if it is allowed.
eeo1122 said:
I haven't found it using the Play Store search engine but I've still been able to find it listed as 'USB/BT JoystickCenter 2015' (green icon) under My Apps > All in the Play Store menu under the account in which I originally downloaded it. I actually paid for this app license in its early stage. Perhaps that's why I am still able to find and install from Play Store...? ?.
I searched github and the most recent activity was by Jared Morgan (jaredmorgs) in July 2016. He edited the README file stating that the dev has abandoned this app and the licensing server is down.
I emailed him asking how I can contact the dev Poke64738 but he said he didn't know. I've since backed up to Google Drive and Dropbox just in case it disappears completely. I don't know the rules of posting a link to download somebody else's app from my Drive acct. I will if it is allowed.
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Man, I remember the good old days of using a Galaxy Tab 10.1 with honeycomb with that app. And when Wii Remotes actually worked out of the box without any extra dongles. And everything was inspired by Tron (design wise) instead of material design. And apps weren't bloated as all hell as they are now. And root ad blockers like AdAway were actually in the play store. And SuperSU wasn't sold to a Chinese company. And you didn't have to flash an extra zip file to install Xposed. And Tegra 2 was actually impressive. And touchwiz was awful. Those were the days.
Whoops. Got a little carried away. :silly:
Hello fellow developers...
Today I noticed that app market place uptodown.com had published an app on their website which I have published in the Google play store.
They did this without asking me for permission to to that.
its even en older version of the app....
I asked them to remove it asap, and they did.
I just don't want my apps to be in all kind of app stores. Especially not without my permission.
how do you guys feel about this kind of things?
I think Uptodown is good. Sometimes Google Play Store just doesn't work and soma apps are unavailable in Play Store. Uptodown helps me a lot!
today I submitted an update for my movies app. I dont know if I can link the app, but basically it is similar to the more pupular MovieMate. My app allows the user to browse movies, read descriptions, add them to watch list and so on.
The update was rejected since according to the useless guys at google I'm violating intellectual property, while all the other movie apps on the play store apparently are ok. It frustrates me since I put in MONTHS of work for this app and got very few downloads in the first month. And now i cant even submit updates.
The data is fetched through TheMovieDatabase and I give them credits both in the app and in the store description. The API are explicitly saying that I'm ALLOWED to use their information for commercial purposes.
Now I want to appeal. What should I write to the google guys to get the update accepted?
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today I submitted an update for my movies app. I dont know if I can link the app, but basically it is similar to the more pupular MovieMate. My app allows the user to browse movies, read descriptions, add them to watch list and so on.
The update was rejected since according to the useless guys at google I'm violating intellectual property, while all the other movie apps on the play store apparently are ok. It frustrates me since I put in MONTHS of work for this app and got very few downloads in the first month. And now i cant even submit updates.
The data is fetched through TheMovieDatabase and I give them credits both in the app and in the store description. The API are explicitly saying that I'm ALLOWED to use their information for commercial purposes.
Now I want to appeal. What should I write to the google guys to get the update accepted?
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Tell them to give you the reasons WHY they rejected your app, then, you can work on fixing these reasons.
This is from the email
I reviewed Movie and Tv suggestions, com.dcs.shows, and had to reject it because of an unauthorized use of copyrighted content. If you submitted an update, the previous version of your app is still live on Google Play.
Here’s how you can submit your app for another review:
Remove any content owned by a third party from your app. For example, your app contains: several images of movie posters like "Mad Max & Suicide Squad" in the phone screenshots and within the app experience. Affected Translations: en_US
Read through the Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Content article for more details and examples.
Make sure your app is compliant with the Impersonation and Intellectual Property policy and all other policies listed in the Developer Program Policies. Remember that additional enforcement could occur if there are further policy issues with your apps.
Sign in to your Developer Console and submit your app.
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this my app: github (dot) com / fermatijoe / shows2
cececefotl said:
This is from the email
this my app: github (dot) com / fermatijoe / shows2
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Okay, these movies are copyrighted and you can't use them unless you have permission. To be honest, if you start such a big project that requires 2 months of coding, at least read through the rules before posting it.
RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Okay, these movies are copyrighted and you can't use them unless you have permission. To be honest, if you start such a big project that requires 2 months of coding, at least read through the rules before posting it.
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What about the other 1000 apps that do the same thing? Look for Movie Mate on the play store. The first screen is a huge Mad max poster. And the appe is paid and has milions of downloads.
cececefotl said:
What about the other 1000 apps that do the same thing? Look for Movie Mate on the play store. The first screen is a huge Mad max poster. And the appe is paid and has milions of downloads.
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Really? That app has copyright allowment.