[duskwuff]

An alternate take:

You used other people's content without their permission, ignored multiple warnings that specifically told you that your account would be suspended if you continued, and now you're surprised that Google doesn't want you back.

Did you ever even consider asking any of the content owners for permission here? Did you ask Google for clarification after the first application was suspended? No, you pretended you were doing the content owners a "favor" (valued at tens of thousands of dollars?!!) by reusing their content, and you assumed the suspensions were routine.

This is exactly the kind of thoughtless behavior that I can fully understand Google having no interest in enabling.

[nate_meurer]

It appears you forgot to read the whole article. He claims to have asked Google for clarification after the first application was suspended:

I emailed Google back and asked them to tell me exactly what I need to change to be compliant with the rules. Is it the icon? The name? The disclaimer? What? Google refused to give me any additional information.

[duskwuff]

But you can't resolve a content licensing problem just by changing some text or graphics around -- that's a fundamental misunderstanding of the problem! There is no meaningful answer to the question as stated in that quote.

[nmcfarl]

He asked "I need to change to be compliant with the rules" - the answer is, if you are correct, "Get your own content, or properly license this content". An easy answer really.

[nmridul]

A serious question. How different is this from Firefox or Chrome app ? They allow you to watch Youtube videos. Should the firefox and Chrome also get the permission from every content owner out there ?

[0xdeadbeefbabe]

So ban him for life? I didn't even think of youtube as a content owner situation, and what kind of content owner doesn't want their content spread. Maybe a litigious one?

[duskwuff]

Perhaps the content owner is making ad revenue having their content on Youtube, and won't get that revenue from the mobile app. Or perhaps they plan to launch a mobile app of their own at a later date, or license the content to someone who might.

Point is, you can't go assuming that just because something's available on the Internet, you're free to make use of it however you please without so much as asking. That's just plain rude.