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not really. stuff gets taken down off the App Store all the time due to legal issues and obvious copyright infringement. the apps get removed (you can't downl

by arn 16y ago

not really. stuff gets taken down off the App Store all the time due to legal issues and obvious copyright infringement. the apps get removed (you can't download them anymore), but anyone who has downloaded it can still use their copy.

rchowe 16y ago
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10013322-37.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10013322-37.html Supposedly there is some sort of kill switch functionality in the iOS app store, and I haven't heard about copyright infringement to the level of taking someone else's game and redistributing it before. In my mind, the best case scenario is to refund everyone's money and take the game off the market, uninstalling from computers. The only backlash you receive is the press about the kill switch functionality and the whole "dude, where's my game" moments that people will have.
- arn 16y ago
  Oh, there's certainly a kill switch. Jobs admitted to it during an interview, but it hasn't been used. The closest App Store comparison is probably Abuse (source code released into public domain, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(video_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(video_game) ): http://appshopper.com/games/alien-abuse http://appshopper.com/games/alien-abuse (pulled from app store) http://appshopper.com/games/abuse-classic http://appshopper.com/games/abuse-classic (official version) reason: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=426791&postcount=238 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=426791&post... Long story short, Eurocenter did not have the right to use the sound effects, registered levels (levels 5 and up), or the Abuse trademark in their game "Alien Abuse". So very similar circumstances. And the original app was never killswitched.
jedsmith 16y ago
I grabbed VLC before they got it removed, and it still runs for me. It has survived several iTunes syncs, too, and even a restore.
- sambeau 16y ago
  The bad news is when you lose or break your computer. You can't re-download or transfer the app files from one iTunes repository to the other. Or, at least, I couldn't find a way.

by arn 16y ago

rchowe 16y ago

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10013322-37.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10013322-37.html Supposedly there is some sort of kill switch functionality in the iOS app store, and I haven't heard about copyright infringement to the level of taking someone else's game and redistributing it before. In my mind, the best case scenario is to refund everyone's money and take the game off the market, uninstalling from computers. The only backlash you receive is the press about the kill switch functionality and the whole "dude, where's my game" moments that people will have.

arn 16y ago
Oh, there's certainly a kill switch. Jobs admitted to it during an interview, but it hasn't been used. The closest App Store comparison is probably Abuse (source code released into public domain, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(video_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(video_game) ): http://appshopper.com/games/alien-abuse http://appshopper.com/games/alien-abuse (pulled from app store) http://appshopper.com/games/abuse-classic http://appshopper.com/games/abuse-classic (official version) reason: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=426791&postcount=238 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=426791&post... Long story short, Eurocenter did not have the right to use the sound effects, registered levels (levels 5 and up), or the Abuse trademark in their game "Alien Abuse". So very similar circumstances. And the original app was never killswitched.

jedsmith 16y ago

I grabbed VLC before they got it removed, and it still runs for me. It has survived several iTunes syncs, too, and even a restore.

sambeau 16y ago
The bad news is when you lose or break your computer. You can't re-download or transfer the app files from one iTunes repository to the other. Or, at least, I couldn't find a way.