Pirated books show up in Android Market, Google quickly removes them
Casual piracy is an unfortunate problem in the Android Market, and it looks like it’s only growing with Android’s popularity. According to Paid Content, popular novels like the Harry Potter and Vampire Diaries, as well as titles from Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell. Google promptly removed the books after being alerted, but not before thousands of illicit copies were downloaded. The apps were free from a publisher calling itself “UKER”, and presumably hoped to make money off of advertising.
The apps in question included the full text of the popular novels, in an admittedly basic and barely functional reader UI. The stolen books aren’t the…
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Pirated books show up in Android Market, Google quickly removes them
Michael Crider – androidcommunity.com
Category: Android Community
