URGENT!! Google Play Copy Protection ends 27th February 2013

Solar2D Android
#1

Just noticed this when signing into google play developer console:

The Copy Protection feature is being deprecated
Google is standardizing on two primary tools for helping developers protect against unauthorized copying: app encryption in Jelly Bean and the Licensing Service for all platforms. Our older Copy Protection feature, which we announced we’d be deprecating back in 2010, is now going away in favor of these more advanced tools. The Copy Protection feature will no longer be available in the Developer Console starting February 27, 2013 and will no longer be applied on new downloads in Google Play very soon after that. If your app has been using this feature and you would like to continue to protect against unauthorized copying, please begin using the Licensing Service.

I have read a few posts regarding Google DRM lately and coronalabs don’t seem to want to bother with this as the old system is still working.

Well according to this post it will be gone in two weeks and we will not be able to upload protected PAID apps or IAP apps.

CoronaLabs needs to urgently get onto this so as to allow us to somehow add a licence key to our apps prior to the 27th. [import]uid: 179960 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 335888[/import]

#2

Where does it say we won’t be able to upload paid apps? Sounds like you just won’t be able to protect against unauthorized copying.

Maybe I’m missing something… [import]uid: 64619 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142661[/import]

#3

Jason, I did a quick edit to specify protected apps.

It is a big thing Jason. Hopefully someone from Corona can comment on this soon. [import]uid: 179960 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142663[/import]

#4

I don’t put much value in DRM as it can always be broken, but that is just MY opinion :slight_smile: Hopefully someone from the Corona staff can chime that has a better understanding. [import]uid: 64619 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142665[/import]

#5

Hey guys - we are taking this seriously and will have more to say soon.

As John Salinger Jr. says, you won’t hear from the staff - except for Rob, Brent, Josh, Tom (or me) - all of which spend hours every day in the forums. I guess we don’t count :slight_smile:
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#6

Where does it say we won’t be able to upload paid apps? Sounds like you just won’t be able to protect against unauthorized copying.

Maybe I’m missing something… [import]uid: 64619 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142661[/import]

#7

Jason, I did a quick edit to specify protected apps.

It is a big thing Jason. Hopefully someone from Corona can comment on this soon. [import]uid: 179960 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142663[/import]

#8

I don’t put much value in DRM as it can always be broken, but that is just MY opinion :slight_smile: Hopefully someone from the Corona staff can chime that has a better understanding. [import]uid: 64619 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142665[/import]

#9

Hey guys - we are taking this seriously and will have more to say soon.

As John Salinger Jr. says, you won’t hear from the staff - except for Rob, Brent, Josh, Tom (or me) - all of which spend hours every day in the forums. I guess we don’t count :slight_smile:
[import]uid: 10668 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142707[/import]

#10

Hey guys - we are taking this seriously and will have more to say soon.

As John Salinger Jr. says, you won’t hear from the staff - except for Rob, Brent, Josh, Tom (or me) - all of which spend hours every day in the forums. I guess we don’t count :slight_smile:
[import]uid: 10668 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142707[/import]

#11

Hey guys - we are taking this seriously and will have more to say soon.

As John Salinger Jr. says, you won’t hear from the staff - except for Rob, Brent, Josh, Tom (or me) - all of which spend hours every day in the forums. I guess we don’t count :slight_smile:
[import]uid: 10668 topic_id: 35888 reply_id: 142707[/import]