The Us Department of Justice has three websites taken offline which paid Android applications for free offered. According to the Americans was the Netherlands involved in the operation to the domains seized.
According to the U.s. government, it is the domains applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com. Is Applanet probably the best known download site. On each of the three sites will now see a message that the domain has been seized by the FBI. It is the first time that there are sites offline be met due to copyrightinbreuk in the field of mobile apps, says the Americans.
Surgery to the three sites offline was internationally coordinated. According to the Department of Justice, the Dutch police involved, but the French also participated. However, it is still unclear whether the administrators of the websites were arrested.
Offline pick of the conscious sites is a welcome step for developers and content providers. Recently made a developer yet a shooting game for Android free because many users use detours to the then current paid app free installed. Also the music industry had Android-maker Google admonished to piracy harder to tackle. Because Google has its Play store various types of content, the company has the support of, among others, the music industry needed.
Piracy is on Androd relatively easy, compared to other mobile operating systems. It is possible for users to run applications outside of the official applicatiewinkels to install, requiring only an installation file is required. In operating systems such as iOS or Windows Phone, users can only by default from the App Store and Marketplace to install apps, allowing distribution of cracked apps or installation files for the paid software is more difficult.