Film studios target 'pirate' mobile apps

[karl]

Film studios are starting to target mobile applications that use copyrighted images and film clips without permission.

All the big five movie studios have told Google to remove Android apps that "pirate" content, reports Reuters.

The rogue apps were taking images and clips from films such as The Hobbit as well as popular TV shows like Glee.

About 90% of Oscar-related apps use material that may not have been properly authorised, a survey suggests.


Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21628615

[Rayquaza]

I've never come across these apps, but since Google allow app upload to the Play Store so easily, it's about time they removed infringing apps. I'm not sure what harm looking at images can do, but if these apps are showing full clips, they should be removed.

The apps I tend to see a lot are free music download apps, surely they should be removed too for copyright. That being said, a lot of them work on a principle of a search engine, so the service would still remain.