Copyright infringement?

Not sure if this is the right place but....I have been making android apps to load ads and thats pretty much how i have been making some money here lately but I got this email today from google.
looks like fox dimed me out.\ do you think i need to worry about this?



This is a notification that your application, Chris Griffin Sound Board, with package ID , has been removed from the Google Play Store.

REASON FOR REMOVAL: Alleged copyright infringement (according to the terms of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act).

All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. Please review the and to ensure that your applications are compliant with our policies.

The DMCA is a United States copyright law that provides guidelines for online service provider liability in case of copyright infringement. Cli for more information about the DMCA, and see for the process that Google requires in order to make a DMCA complaint.

Google may reinstate your application into the Google Play Store upon receipt of a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA. Click for more information about the requirements of a counter notification and a link to a sample counter notification. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel.

Please note that we have included a text copy of the Infringement Notice we received for your reference.

The Google Play Team

Text copy of DMCA complaint:


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companyname: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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the exclusive owner of trademark, copyright and other intellectual property
rights in both Series. These rights include the exclusive right to make
derivative works and to license the intellectual property. The apps listed
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you don't need to be worried about it as long as you don't keep on doing it...they removed the app and this is the first step in the process and will be the last step as long as you don't keep doing it...

I already have other sound boards but this is the only one that was removed. THe email diming me and all the other developers that was included in the email was from fox. Should i just not do fox stuff anymore cause i would think that if google cared they would have took down all my other sound boards. Or even bann my publisher acount. I would definatly say that they did not review my account. IDK....

if you have a replacement for the fox stuff, then you should probably do so, or you could wait until those other programs are flagged...

usually what happens with these sort of things is that they ask nicely the first time (cease and desist), if you don't then they usually draft a letter letting you know what they are going to do if you don't stop (file suite)...

these big companies would prefer you cease your activities b/c if they have to take legal action, most likely it will cost them more to file suit, then they will ever get in a judgement or court order...

I know this is an old post but I had my Google Play account closed because of 2 soundboards from the UK TV series fonejacker.

The account was closed down because of a complaint from the company that owned the rights to the 2 shows.

I would basicly look at existing boards, see how long they have been up for and use that idea, probably safest if they havent been removed

Are you using someone else's app? if not then you should had register you app and i think other person has used you'r app