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Comment by bradleyland | Hacker News Reader

> "Unfortunately, there is little else that anyone except Apple can do."

Game art falls under copyright, doesn't it? Couldn't the author go after them for infringement?

It's probably not easy/cheap to win an infringement case in China.

It's an iOS game -- doesn't that mean it's distributed through Apple, so they'd be able to pull it in response to a notice of copyright infringement?

Yes, which was the point of the original statement: "there is little else that anyone except Apple can do".

The article state that they gave notice, and that Apple hasn't done anything yet. It's interesting to see what Apple bans from the app store without a thought, and what they're reluctant to do anything about.

it's only been 3 days. I would hope that apple checks very carefully before they pull an app. False claims can also be made.

yes, otherwise someone unscrupulous could just file complaints against all their competitors and effectively lock them out of the App Store for a period of time.

We don't really know how long it takes for Apple to apply all the bans that we hear about (and the others we don't hear about), but it would be interesting to find out how this process works.

This situation reminds me of the notice Apple sent to retailers not to sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

I've been on the receiving end of an app related copyright notice before. (I used the 'NFL' trademark without permission - I'm not American and thought it was the name of the sport and couldn't be copyrighted). Apple forwarded me the notice via email and asked me to respond and take action. I responded to the NFL guys, fixed the problem and never had to remove the app.

So Apple gives the developer a chance to respond (i.e. it will probably take a few days to see any action). If they didn't we would end up with the mess like they have with DMCA notice takedowns on YouTube.

I was also on the receiving end of a notice a couple of years ago. In my case Apple took the app down after 7 days.

I wrote about it in more detail at http://blog.th.ingsmadeoutofotherthin.gs/eucalyptus-availabl...

Wouldn't the jurisdiction be Canada? As that's where they're selling it.

The company is based in China, and when it comes to IP and copyright China typically doesn't care. Sure they could file against them in Canada but it will get them nowhere.

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