Adium icon spotted in the App Store

[Eric Richie]

While I would normally agree with you on this, take a look at the
author's page on the App Store. It's full of junky looking
applications with lots of (most likely stolen) stock photography.
Also, try clicking on the link to the 'support' site... It doesn't
exist. There isn't any information available to contact them.

-Eric


On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Chris Forsythe <chris at growl.info> wrote:
> It may be a good idea to ping the author of this app and give them a heads up. This doesn't look malicious to me. I believe the author here probably doesn't realize this is a problem, and likely will be very surprised by the apple legal nasty gram.
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> To put it another way, I have a saying. "We're better people than that.". While it is rude to use a copied icon, it's still polite to give them fair warning. Everyone on this list would likely appreciate fair warning for a harmless act such as this.
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> Chris
>
> Ps I wonder if this is an xtra author's app.
>
> On Jul 29, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Eric Richie <eric at adium.im> wrote:
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>> I've already received 2 follow-ups and our complaint is on its way to
>> the legal department. Some major kudos to the App Review team!
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Eric Richie <eric at adium.im> wrote:
>>> Yeah, I'm not expecting a super speedy turnaround, but I tried to use
>>> as much helpful information in the report (links, names, etc) as I
>>> could. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Graham Booker <gbooker at cod3r.com> wrote:
>>>> Expect it to take a while.  When I contacted the app store about a copyright
>>>> violation, it took over a week to get a response, and months before the app
>>>> was pulled.  This case may proceed faster as any third party can examine the
>>>> two icons and clearly see that it was copied instead of my case where my
>>>> claim was that my code was used and released in an app without my
>>>> permission.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Eric Richie <eric at adium.im> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an email out to the app review team. I'll let you guys know
>>>>> if/when they get back to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Robert Vehse <robert.vehse at freenet.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> As noted by user SalsaShark in #adium, our icon has been used in this
>>>>>> application: http://itunes.apple.com/app/who-is-faster!/id426037844. Is that
>>>>>> permitted? If not, what steps should be taken?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Robbie
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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