Help Help! Regarding Android App Development

[Aamir lehri]

Can we use copyright characters in android app or not ?
Example:cartoons, movie chracters, actor etc

 

[Kaat72]

Copyrights are copyrights, so... No. You cannot.

 

[codesplice]

More specifically, from the Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement:

5.5 You represent and warrant that you have all intellectual property rights, including all necessary patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights, in and to the Product. If You use third-party materials, You represent and warrant that you have the right to distribute the third-party material in the Product. You agree that you will not submit material to Store that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including patent, privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to submit the material.

 

[Hadron]

And they do enforce that rule, removing both apps and developer accounts where it is broken.

 

[chanchan05]

You could always ask permission from the copyright owners.

 

[Hadron]

Yes. You may not get anywhere, but you never know. Of course they may want payment to use them.