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by risyachka 1968 days ago
Google does exactly the same. My apps have been cloned or copied many times, with my exact icon or screenshots.

It's cute that they have a report button that doesn't work. You can send a billion reports - they not ones have taken the app down.
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SeanLuke 1968 days ago
Doesn't this mean that Google has violated the DMCA and you can sue/fine them?
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Groxx 1968 days ago
The report button doesn't file a valid DMCA takedown request, so probably not.
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SeanLuke 1967 days ago
Pretty sure that's not how the law works.
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Groxx 1967 days ago
"The Law" absolutely runs on "when did this piece of paper arrive at this location". I don't know about DCMA specifically, but yes, most cases where one actor claims another actor is doing something wrong require the reporter to follow specific steps or it's not valid.
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SeanLuke 1965 days ago
This is nonsense. Google cannot simply provide a fake or broken button and get away with it. If Google is required to provide a mechanism for reporting DMCA violations in a timely manner, and they do not, they're going to found liable no matter what kind of excuse they provide.
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Groxx 1965 days ago
The reporting buttons in Play make absolutely no claim that it's for DMCA violations. Because it's not for DMCA violations.

DMCA claims go elsewhere, e.g. mailing them a physical letter or going through their separate reporting system for legal violations: https://support.google.com/legal -> https://support.google.com/legal/contact/lr_dmca?product=goo... . And, honestly, I'd still trust physically mailing them over that form - mailed letters start legal time limits for actions in many (many!) cases, online methods rarely have court-tested equivalent protections.

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