Sure, but if they do that, who are they doing a favor? It's certainly not their customers.
I'm kind of surprised that they let the "App Store spammer" get away with it for so long. I mean, they could have righteously stopped him at 100 if you ask me.
I don't think they should be deciding what does and doesn't get installed on iPhones at all, but in any case I don't think they should be doing it on the basis of third parties' rights that may or may not have been infringed and who may or may not be unhappy about it.
Here are the parties they would be doing a favor:
* Themselves: they gain no benefit from putting effort into enforcing copyright law beyond what the law demands, and when they make a mistake, they may be setting themselves up for liability from whichever side loses out from their mistake.
* iPhone users, who would benefit from access to a wider variety of apps.
* Non-infringing app authors, who would face a smaller chance of erroneous rejection because Apple wasn't sufficiently convinced of the validity of their copyright licensing arrangements.
* Infringing app authors, obviously, who would have a much easier time publishing their apps.
What makes this so much more complicated is the fact that the App Store is the only (legit) way to get apps on your device.
If there had been other ways to promote and sell apps besides the App Store, then it would have been wrong of Apple to cancel their developer license.
Then they could just have banned them from the App Store — for spamming it. Clearly, they are just spamming the App Store with 900+ apps that does basically nothing in the hopes of tricking a few people to buy it (there's no money back guarantee).
That's a model I'd love to see: the App Store reduced to a store with "safeware" apps approved by Apple.
But the way it is now, that joker certainly is spamming the App Store, his entire business is based on fooling people — he and his company should be banned from it. It is, however, too bad he can't continue to sell his spam apps on the web and promote them on his own.
In India, VSNL is the only legitimate way to get internet connectivity from overseas. Does that mean that VSNL has an obligation to filter your internet access to prevent copyright infringement?
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Sure, but if they do that, who are they doing a favor? It's certainly not their customers.
I'm kind of surprised that they let the "App Store spammer" get away with it for so long. I mean, they could have righteously stopped him at 100 if you ask me.
I don't think they should be deciding what does and doesn't get installed on iPhones at all, but in any case I don't think they should be doing it on the basis of third parties' rights that may or may not have been infringed and who may or may not be unhappy about it.
Here are the parties they would be doing a favor:
* Themselves: they gain no benefit from putting effort into enforcing copyright law beyond what the law demands, and when they make a mistake, they may be setting themselves up for liability from whichever side loses out from their mistake.
* iPhone users, who would benefit from access to a wider variety of apps.
* Non-infringing app authors, who would face a smaller chance of erroneous rejection because Apple wasn't sufficiently convinced of the validity of their copyright licensing arrangements.
* Infringing app authors, obviously, who would have a much easier time publishing their apps.
What makes this so much more complicated is the fact that the App Store is the only (legit) way to get apps on your device.
If there had been other ways to promote and sell apps besides the App Store, then it would have been wrong of Apple to cancel their developer license.
Then they could just have banned them from the App Store — for spamming it. Clearly, they are just spamming the App Store with 900+ apps that does basically nothing in the hopes of tricking a few people to buy it (there's no money back guarantee).
That's a model I'd love to see: the App Store reduced to a store with "safeware" apps approved by Apple.
But the way it is now, that joker certainly is spamming the App Store, his entire business is based on fooling people — he and his company should be banned from it. It is, however, too bad he can't continue to sell his spam apps on the web and promote them on his own.
In India, VSNL is the only legitimate way to get internet connectivity from overseas. Does that mean that VSNL has an obligation to filter your internet access to prevent copyright infringement?
Well, with a contrived example, you can prove anything. I wouldn't say Apple's App Store interferes with your right to free speech.