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Stand by for Hollywood vs the App Developers

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For many studios and other content providers, mobile apps are a new source of income and a powerful way to engage audiences, sell games and merchandise. But these revenues are threatened if developers do not pay licensing fees. Pop quiz: Do you think the studios will have a reasonable definition of ‘fair use’, licence the images of their latest blockbuster movie to app developers for a workable fee, or  squelch every app with a flood of DMCA takedowns to the mobile stores so they can control the entire marketing message of said movie?

Of course Google’s Nexus 7 special offer is trending on Google Plus

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I genuinely believe it. I mean, everyone is talking about it. It’s all over Facebook, and Twitter, and Techmeme. I 100% trust Google’s algorithm when it tells me that the $25 Google Play credit bundled with Nexus 7 is the one thing everyone is posting about online. Even those people outside the US who are inelgible for the $25 credit are so excited about this that they have to be talking about it.