HungryTenor
Lurker
I recently discovered that one of my company's games had been entirely copied (literally, the title screen still said the name of the original game), repackaged with spam, and put on the Android Market under a different name. I was able to get the app pulled, and then I set about identifying the other games stolen by the same guy and notifying their devs. In the process, I found another account doing the same thing (possibly the same guy).
It's possible that this behavior is far more common than I realize, but I don't feel right sitting by and not doing anything about it.
Anyway, I wasn't able to identify some of the games through recognition or TinEye (though you can tell they're copies by the glowing critic's quotations that are all stolen from Canabalt's description...), so I thought I'd see if people here recognize them so I can notify the original devs.
These are the offending accounts:
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=ScottPilgrim
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Soxobo
I was able to identify Tanks and Turrets, Sheepdog Master, Gene Labs, Hyperactive Ninja, and Doodle Match, but no luck with the rest.
It's possible that this behavior is far more common than I realize, but I don't feel right sitting by and not doing anything about it.
Anyway, I wasn't able to identify some of the games through recognition or TinEye (though you can tell they're copies by the glowing critic's quotations that are all stolen from Canabalt's description...), so I thought I'd see if people here recognize them so I can notify the original devs.
These are the offending accounts:
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=ScottPilgrim
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Soxobo
I was able to identify Tanks and Turrets, Sheepdog Master, Gene Labs, Hyperactive Ninja, and Doodle Match, but no luck with the rest.