However, despite these legal actions, the website in question continues to be operational.The system requires 50 MB of storage space on the hard disk as well as a DVD-R drive or removable USB device with a minimum of 4 GB available. The complaint references permanent injunctions issued by an Israeli court and a US federal court against the SDAROT website. The DMCA complaint against the Downloader app was filed by a law firm representing several Israeli TV companies, including HOT Telecommunications Systems, DBS Satellite Services, United King Video, and Charlton. Saba hopes that public attention and support will prompt Google to reconsider its decision and reinstate the app. Unfortunately, his appeal via the Play Console was swiftly rejected, leaving him awaiting a response to his appeal filed through the DMCA counter-notification form. Saba promptly filed appeals through both the Google Play Console and Google's DMCA counter-notification form.
Saba expressed his frustration with the suspension, highlighting the inconsistency in singling out his app when other browsers, including Google Chrome, also have the capability to load infringing websites. Users can still acquire the app from the Amazon app store for devices like Fire TVs or directly download it from the Downloader app's website as an APK file. While the Downloader app has been suspended on Google Play, it remains available through alternative channels. App's developer Elias Saba claims that Google has banned the Downloader app for no reason - Image: AFTnews Furthermore, he emphasizes that the app does not direct or encourage users to access any specific websites, except for his own blog, which loads as the default homepage. Saba, in response, argues that the app merely provides a means to navigate to websites through its web browser functionality. However, according to the complaint, the app enables users to view SDAROT, a website notorious for copyright infringement. The Downloader app, developed by Elias Saba, serves as a utility tool, combining a basic file manager with a web browser.
I need your help! My Downloader app has been wrongly removed from Store due to an absurd DMCA takedown from Israel TV that claims because the web browser in the app can load a specific website with their infringed content that my app is violating copyright.
Despite the availability of other standard browsers capable of loading the same pirate website, Google decided to take action against the popular app, which had amassed over 5 million installations.Īpp's developer Elias Saba has tweeted this:
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