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Google Unifies Media, Apps Into Google Play

Posted by Unknown on from the enslavement-was-never-so-much-fun dept.

eldavojohn writes "Google has just announced Google Play to merge their existing solutions for music, movies, books and apps in the new cloud based storage system promising that you will never have to worry about losing or moving them across devices ever again. You'll be able to store 20,000 songs for free. The region breakdown is: 'In the U.S., music, movies, books and Android apps are available in Google Play. In Canada and the U.K., we'll offer movies, books and Android apps; in Australia, books and apps; and in Japan, movies and apps. Everywhere else, Google Play will be the new home for Android apps.'"

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  1. First test by jeti · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just tested the new Google Play apps. Here's what I found:

    Google Play Books: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
    Google Play Music: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
    Google Play Movies: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry

    (German user)

  2. Re:Will Apple file a lawsuit? by Americano · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, they sued Amazon for trademark infringement when Amazon opened the Android Appstore, claiming that "App Store" was trademarked by Apple, and complaining that Amazon's use of the mark was infringing.

    There was no patent on "having an electronic store." There was no suit over "having an electronic store." It was a trademark dispute, in which Apple basically said "They should have to call it something else without using the phrase "App Store." Amazon went live with their Android Appstore anyway, and Microsoft has also filed a challenge on the trademark, claiming it was too generic to be a legitimate trademark.

    The most recent I've heard, a few months back, the case is still working it's way through the federal courts.

    Silly lawsuit? Probably. But the USPTO granted them the trademark in the first place, so I'm inclined to believe that the USPTO deserves a fair share of the blame for the waste of the lawsuit, also.