MediaMonkey for Android Removed from Google Play
Moderator: Gurus
Re: MediaMonkey for Android Removed from Google Play
Congratulations, what a relief that must be!
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Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
Re: MediaMonkey for Android Removed from Google Play
Hi Tony,
afaik, the agreements between developers and Google Play apply to the app and to the app listing on Google Play. I can't answer for certain since Google seems to be intentionally vague about interpretation of their policies, but it would indeed be surprising if Google took it upon themselves to police the websites of developers for policy violations.
btw, I was talking about the whole issue with another developer, and we came up with another possible reason for why Google seems to be intentionally vague: if there's ever a claim against them re. distribution of copyright material on their store, they'll want to be able to claim that the store is a 'safe harbor' under the DMCA. To use this defense, they'd have to show that users control the content that appears in the store and that they run the store at arms length. Maybe by being vague, they retain the ability to use this defense. DISCLAIMER: I'm not a lawyer...just a dev trying to figure out why the smart folks at Google have implemented such an apparently brain dead process.
-Rusty
afaik, the agreements between developers and Google Play apply to the app and to the app listing on Google Play. I can't answer for certain since Google seems to be intentionally vague about interpretation of their policies, but it would indeed be surprising if Google took it upon themselves to police the websites of developers for policy violations.
btw, I was talking about the whole issue with another developer, and we came up with another possible reason for why Google seems to be intentionally vague: if there's ever a claim against them re. distribution of copyright material on their store, they'll want to be able to claim that the store is a 'safe harbor' under the DMCA. To use this defense, they'd have to show that users control the content that appears in the store and that they run the store at arms length. Maybe by being vague, they retain the ability to use this defense. DISCLAIMER: I'm not a lawyer...just a dev trying to figure out why the smart folks at Google have implemented such an apparently brain dead process.
-Rusty