Court Orders Google to "Uninstall" Pirate IPTV App Sideloaded on Android Devices * TorrentFreak
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A crackdown on Magis TV has led a judge in Argentina to order Google to remotely uninstall the sideloaded IPTV app from Android devices.

In instructions to Google, Judge Rossignoli says that the company must “adopt the necessary technical means to immediately uninstall from Android systems that report IP addresses in the territory of the Argentine Republic (which can be verified by the IP addresses assigned to this country), the application named Magis TV.”

"What was achieved is an unprecedented court order, which is in the process of being analyzed by Google – we understand that they cannot deny it – which is to uninstall, through the Android operating system update, the application on all devices that have an IP address in Argentina,” [prosecuter Alejandro] Musso says.

  • Emerald@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    What will be achieved once this is completed is that the installed app disappears and cannot be downloaded again, thus breaking the cycle of digital piracy

    You can’t break the cycle of digital piracy. Information wants to be free. Going against digital piracy is going against the grain of technology. But I guess if the copyright trolls got their way, there would be no general purpose computing.

    • pedroapero@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I guess if the copyright trolls got their way, there would be no general purpose computing.

      Exactly. These kinds of statements are so naive.