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I thought selling public domain content is legal.

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  Sure. So what? That something is legal for you to do independently does not mean it is allowed by the Google Play terms.
  • readerrrr 12y ago
    I doubt there is anything in the terms that prohibits that.
  • estnon 12y ago
    even if a policy violation appears after over 6 months, that doesn't mean that google takes all the money on the table.
    • lutusp 12y ago
      Consider this from Google's position -- they see an activity that will make them look irresponsible or in collusion. To minimize damage to their reputation, they might want to stop the activity even if they can't fairly redistribute the ill-gotten gains afterward. Also, if legal authority decided to step in, Google would minimize their own liability and exposure by stopping the activity rather than by allowing it to continue. It also serves as a warning to others who might want to sell content they don't own -- it discourages a repetition of the same behavior.
• lutusp 12y ago
  That depends on the details. Did the seller explain that he was selling free content? if there was any deception, then the crime is not in the sale, but in the method -- possible misrepresentation or fraud.