Copyright

Copyright

L’applicazione ePrex in inglese, che per altro era ancora preliminare e attualmente aveva meno di 4000 utenti, è stata sospesa da Google per violazione di copyright sollevata dalla conferenza episcopale USA perchè pare che siano gli unici detentori dei diritti di pubblicazione dei testi in inglese delle sacre scritture.

I testi sono reperibili in rete in numerosi siti e app non so se anche questi abbiano subito la stessa attenzione.

Io ricevuto i testi da utenti volenterosi non immaginando che ci potessero essere un problemi di copyright sulle sacre scritture ma evidentemente mi sbagliavo.

Non ho il tempo nè le risorse per, non dico oppormi, ma nemmeno discutere con la USCCB per cui metto in calce i riferimenti per un eventuale fedele che desideri seguire la vicenda.

This is a notification that your application, ePrex Liturgy of the Hours, with package ID com.eprex.lo.en, has been removed from Google Play.

REASON FOR SUSPENSION: Alleged copyright infringement (according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. If your account is terminated, payments will cease and Google may recover the proceeds of any past sales and the cost of any associated fees (such as chargebacks and payment transaction fees) from you.

Please review the Developer Distribution Agreement and Developer Program Policies to ensure your applications are compliant with our policies.

The DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. Click here for more information about the DMCA, and see http://www.google.com/dmca.html for the process that Google requires in order to make a DMCA complaint.

Google may reinstate your app on Google Play upon receipt of a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA. Click here for more information about the requirements of a counter notification and a link to a sample counter notification. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.

Please note that we have included a text copy of the Infringement Notice we received for your reference.

The Google Play Team

Text copy of DMCA complaint:

subject_lr_dmca: Your Request to Google
full_name: Mary Sperry
companyname: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
represented_copyright_holder: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
contact_email_noprefill: msperry@usccb.org
country_residence: US
location_of_copyrighted_work: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/050917.cfm
description_of_copyrighted_work: Text of the New American Bible used in
the “Readings” tab as well as readings and certain other texts in the other
tabs for prayer at various times in the day.
hidden_category:
url_box: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eprex.lo.en&hl=en
dmca_affirmations_authorized: agree
dmca_affirmations_penalty: agree1
NoticeToDeveloper: agree1
signature: Mary Sperry
hidden_product: googleplay
hidden_ctx:
geolocation: US