The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued orderes to seize websites that host pirated Android apps.
In a press statement DoJ said, "The seizures are the result of a comprehensive enforcement action taken to prevent the infringement of copyrighted mobile device apps. The operation was coordinated with international law enforcement, including Dutch and French law enforcement officials."
The three seized domain names – applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com – now show the infamous FBI seizure banner that notifies them that the domain name has been seized by federal authorities and educates them that willful copyright infringement is a federal crime.
Piracy has been one of the major problem for Android developers so this move may make them happy.
What do you think about this seizer?
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Swapnil Bhartiya
A free software fund-a-mental-ist and Charles Bukowski fan, Swapnil also writes fiction and tries to find cracks in a proprietary company's 'paper armours'. He is a big movie buff and prefers listening to music at such high volumes that he's gone partially deaf when it comes to identifying anything positive about proprietary companies. You can follow him on Twitter, Google+ & Facebook. You can write to him on editor at muktware dot com
