iD Software: Doom-, Quake- und Wolfenstein-Ports aus dem Market genommen

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Die amerikanische Firma ZeniMedia, zu der unter anderem auch iD Software gehört, hat einen Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) mit Google geschlossen. Das Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) ist ein umstrittenes Gesetz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, welches die Rechte von Copyright-Inhabern erweitert.

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Aufgrund der DMCA musste Google unter anderem verschiedene Doom-, Quake- und Wolfenstein-Ports aus dem Android Market entfernen. Der Entwickler von Doom for Android (FREE) gab folgendes Statement ab:

Some of you may have noticed that Doom for Android (FREE) no longer shows up in the market. ZeniMedia, which owns iD Software had filed a DMCA notice with Google Android Market and requested all Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein games be removed do to copyright infringement.
Although the Doom source code, was open sourced, and the application was based on a port of the PrBoom engine, the application is still suspended. My mistake was allowing the download of the Plutonia and TNT WADs, at least that is what I suspect. Although I may not be able to distribute the application through the Market, the APK can still be downloaded and installed through the web.

Quelle: iD Software frags Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein ports for Android – Android and Me