If you don't live in an EU country, they generally can't / don't pursue you, but if you travel to Europe (as I do sometimes) they could arrest you when you cros

If you don't live in an EU country, they generally can't / don't pursue you, but if you travel to Europe (as I do sometimes) they could arrest you when you cross the border. There was a case of that happening to a developer in the desktop software days, but I can't find a link to the news story now. In practice, the EU pressured US-based payment gateways into handling it on behalf of developers (which is really best for everyone, and essentially what Apple & Amazon already does today). If you don't mind ignoring EU laws, I'm sure most people on the Google Play store are also ignoring them and getting away with it. But there are lots of Nintendo IP infringements on the Google Play store as well, so the fact that it's common doesn't necessarily make it legal. For some history, there's an old Business Of Software thread on the debate, including folks like Andy Brice & Patrick McKenzie chiming in with their views: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.465929.30 http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.465929.3...