Apple's Hypocrisy is Staggering
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They are trying to control the content in the Apps and they really, really need to just get out of the way and let the market judge the quality of an App.
Apple fine-tunes app censorship
Apple will extend parental controls to applications in its upcoming iPhone 3.0 software and iTunes 8.2, thus helping to calm some of the ongoing brouhaha over its erratic App Store censorship policies.
Microsoft blocks dirty dozen apps from mobile store
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When it comes to Microsoft's planned Marketplace for Mobile, you can forget about making or installing software that changes Microsoft's default browser, search client, or media player on a Windows mobile phone. Also out are VoIP calls on an operator's network and ads for carriers.
Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity
URL: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/10/hack-to-run-dreamscene-in-vista-home-premium-basic-starter-business-and-enterprise/
CASE #: 89294
11 May 2007
Dear Sir or Madam,
Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted works published by Microsoft.
1. Identification of copyrighted works:
Copyrighted work(s): DreamScene
Copyright owner: Microsoft Corporation
2. Copyright infringing material or activity found at the following location(s):
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/10/hack-to-run-dreamscene-in-vista-home-premium-basic-starter-business-and-enterprise/
The above computer program(s) is being made available for copying, through downloading, at the above location without authorization of the copyright owner.
3. Statement of authority:
The information in this notice is accurate, and I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft, the owner of the copyright(s) in the work(s) identified above. I have a good faith belief that none of the materials or activities listed above have been authorized by Microsoft, its agents, or the law.
We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of this software via your company’s network.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding what actions you take.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Rutherford Internet Investigator
on behalf of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 United States of America
E-mail: Internet1@microsoft-antipiracy.com
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Comments
Jose_X
2009-05-08 05:49:28
If the offering was for a small application that lightly hacked a program you already had, simply to allow it to run on your system, then you might argue fair use. [But do keep in mind DMCA and explicit forbidding in the app's EULA.]
It's also possible to consider there may be illegal tying going on.
Also, that take down notice/comment is dated 2007 (so it is a bit dated).
I'd like to point out that having people grab this download likely helps Microsoft more than it hurts them.