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I am really happy that Apple did this. There are multiple developers who are trying to do exactly what Khalid is doing with copyright infringement and taking advantage of dumb/stupid people (surprisingly some of his apps were in top 100 with 5 copied pictures @ $4.99).

This will definitely give a sigh of relief to legitimate developers.

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Hell yes! My favorite example: iCounterstrike was a promotional image of the game with a few sound files ripped straight from an install of the game placed in a picker control.

Wow. I've never use the app store as I have a G1, but that's amazing that such an app ever made it through the approval process.

If you don't know what Counterstrike is, that app is structurally identical to any Fart app, just with SWAT team noises.

The reviewers are clearly not of our world -- they're probably the same people who were reviewing audio + video for the store before apps came along.

Yeah, def not familiar with what "iCounterstrike" is, but I do know what real Counter Strike is and it's amazing to me that apple would approve something so that so blatantly capitalizes on another, well-known commercial product's name.

Anyway the guy fooled Apple for 9 months with 900 apps.

hmm...

Seriously. Any guesses at the take? Assuming, of course that Apple doesn't withhold earnings of banned apps.

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