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Somebody Copied Andor's Trail

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... .urbanhero

It's a perfect copy of Andor's Trail, except with a different developer and icon.

Should we do anything about this or...
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Re: Somebody Copied Andor's Trail

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It's not a perfect copy. It's got ads. Some low-life making money off other peoples work. I'm no lawyer, but I'm almost certain he's violated the terms of the license agreement, in which case one of the developers will probably get it taken down. I notice he's got several other apps too. It wouldn't surprise me if those are also rip-offs, although there are no user reviews that flag them as such.
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Re: andor's trail eZ (and other imitations)

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Thanks for reporting it. We will take appropriate actions.
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Re: andor's trail eZ (and other imitations)

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At least one other of this "developers" games is a rip-off of another open source project:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ockbreaker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... om.me.drop

The others probably are as well, but I can't figure them out. I emailed the developer of the Bushido Block game.
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Re: andor's trail eZ (and other imitations)

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Thank you so much for reporting this illegal copy, Doctor Legend! :D
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andors trail and thasa

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Hey , I downloaded a game on the play store called Thasa and when I started playing it is Andors trail but with ads ... I was just wandering if it was a rip off , or if it was like an updated version..
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Re: andors trail and thasa

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It is most likely a rip off.
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Re: andors trail and thasa

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It's clearly a rip-off
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Re: andor's trail eZ (and other imitations)

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[Merged with dedicated topic]
Yep, another rip-off.
Thanks for reporting it.
At least this time, they went through the hassle a creating a custom start screen and new screen shots for the GPlay presentation. That's more work than the usual rip-off. :D
We'll try to get it removed, as usual.
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Re: andor's trail eZ (and other imitations)

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Thanks for the notice. I have reported it. Google can take up to a couple of weeks to respond but in my experience they take action within a 3 or 4 days. Not sure this time though since it is so close to the weekend here on the west coast.
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