Amazon also forces apps off the iPhone app store

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Paul Hart <mail () paulhart ca>
> Date: August 11, 2009 17:56:28 PDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Amazon also forces apps off the iPhone app store

> Dave,
>
> As I expect many will tell you, Amazon's terms and conditions for  
> using their APIs state that you must receive explicit permission  
> from them if you wish to use the APIs (or data) in a mobile context.
>
> While I commiserate with both Mazo and Delicious Monster (and own a  
> copy of the latter's product), Amazon is pretty clear about what  
> they will and won't let you do with their tools. It's almost as if  
> Amazon saw the future and waited for the rest of us to catch up.
>
> Paul
>
> On 11-Aug-09, at 7:03 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: "Glenn S. Tenney" <tenney () think org>
> > > Date: August 11, 2009 9:27:36 PDT
> > > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > > Subject: Amazon also forces apps off the iPhone app store
> > >
> > > ( resending since it seems that it might of interest for IP )
> > >
> > > I use a product on my Mac called Delicious Library
> > > http://www.delicious-monster.com/ that lets you scan in UPC codes of
> > > books, DVDs, CDs, etc. to build up a database of what you have in  
> > > your
> > > library / collections.  The current version noted that there was an
> > > iPhone app to be able to view your library database interactively on
> > > your iPhone.
> > >
> > > I went to download that app only to find out that it had been pulled
> > > from the iPhone App store... not by Apple, but by a demand from
> > > Amazon.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/168019/delicious_library_iphone_app_yanked_from_app_store.html
> > >
> > > Delicious Library iPhone App Yanked From App Store
> > > Dan Moren, Macworld.com
> > > Jul 7, 2009 3:40 pm
> > >
> > > Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the App
> > > Store. Delicious Monster's iPhone companion app for its popular
> > > Delicious Library 2 media-cataloging application was removed from  
> > > the
> > > App Store on Tuesday, though not, as it turns out, at the behest of
> > > the usual culprit, Apple. Rather, this time the objection came from
> > > online retail supergiant Amazon.
> > >
> > > The news came from Delicious Monster CEO Wil Shipley, who said on
> > > Twitter that he was forced to remove the application due to Amazon's
> > > contract governing the use of its application programming interfaces
> > > (APIs), the software that allows developers to access information  
> > > from
> > > Amazon's database.
> > >
> > > The relevant portion of the contract, section 4e, states:
> > >
> > > You will not, without our express prior written approval requested  
> > > via
> > > this link, use any Product Advertising Content on or in connection
> > > with any site or application designed or intended for use with a
> > > mobile phone or other handheld device.
> > >
> > > However, according to Shipley's Twitter posts, Amazon is not  
> > > granting
> > > approval for anybody at the time being.
> > >
> > > This isn't the first time an iPhone developer has run afoul of the
> > > retail site. In November 2008, Mazo, an Amazon shopping client for  
> > > the
> > > iPhone, was removed from the App Store under similar
> > > circumstances. Roughly a week later, Amazon released its own iPhone
> > > app with similar features.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > And a Youtube showing how that iPhone app worked
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVkCauv0IGU
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Glenn Tenney CISSP CISM
> > Archives



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