• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Geeky Gadgets

Gadgets and Technology News

  • Home
  • Apple
  • Android
  • Deals
  • Gadgets
  • Technology
  • Hardware
  • Gaming
  • Cars


VLC iOS App Developer Responds To App Removal

10:23 am January 12, 2011 By Roland Hutchinson

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Pin
  • Email

The saga of the VLC iPhone and iPad app continues, first we heard back in November that the original developer of VLC, Rémi Denis-Courmont had complained to Apple about the iOS version of the app.

We then heard earlier this week that Apple had removed the VLC iOS App from their App store, and now the developer of the iOS VLC app has responded to the apps removal to explain what is happening.

VLC iOS App

Much to our surprise, we received this friday an email from Apple that said “We regret that the dispute regarding your application named ‘VLC Media Player’ could not be resolved amicably between the parties. We have removed your application from the App Store. For any questions relating to this matter, please contact Rémi Denis-Courmont directly.” This was a follow-up from an email we received from Apple last October : “On 10/20/2010, we received a notice from Rémi Denis-Courmont that Rémi Denis-Courmont believes your application named ‘VLC Media Player’ infringes Rémi Denis-Courmont’s intellectual property rights.

In particular, Rémi Denis-Courmont believes you are infringing their copyright.” Rémi Denis-Courmont’s complaint came pretty much unsuspected, since we did receive approval from the VideoLAN association before starting the iOS port of VLC. As a matter of fact, some members of VideoLAN even helped us porting VLC to the iOS. It goes without saying, we still believe the AppStore licence is compatible with the GPLv2 under the which VLC is released. Therefore, together with the VideoLAN association, we’ll do our best to not let this be the end of VLC/iOS. As a final word, we think it’s pretty sad to deny millions of users the right to enjoy a nice piece of open source software … in the name of freedom.

We hope that the developers of the app manage to get things sorted out and that it will one day return to the App store, as it was a great application for playing different video formats on your iPhone and iPad.

via Gadgetsteria

Filed Under: Apple, iPhone Apps

Latest Geeky Gadgets Deals


Disclosure: Some of our articles include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, Geeky Gadgets may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more.

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Top News

multitool

Distinct credit card sized multitool is equipped with over 30 tools for just $39

4K mini PC

GMK NucBox 4 core 4K mini PC

Synology Ultra-compact RackStation

Synology Ultra-compact RackStation RS1221+ and RS1221RP+ introduced

USB2IO

Intel Cyclone 10 FPGA and STM32H7 MCU combined to create USB2IO high-speed interface explorer

GPD Win 3

GPD Win 3 Windows mini laptop demonstrated

Last Minute Deals

Apple News

iOS 14.4 beta 2

Here is another look at iOS 14.4 beta 2 (Video)

tvOS 14.4 beta 2

Apple released tvOS 14.4 beta 2

macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta 2

Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta 2

iOS 14.4 beta 2

What’s new in iOS 14.4 beta 2 (Video)

iOS 14.4 beta 2

Apple releases iOS 14.4 beta 2 and iPadOS 14.4 beta 2

Technology News

Google Purchases Fitbit

Denon Home Sound Bar 550

New Denon Home Sound Bar 550 unveiled

Samsung Twitch

Samsung announces new partnership with Twitch

Cyberpunk 2077 console release apology by co-founder Marcin Iwi?ski

Arduino Lint

Easily detect issues with your Arduino projects using Arduino Lint

Android News

Vivo X60 Pro+

Vivo X60 Pro+ smartphone launching January 21st

Oppo A93 5G

Oppo A93 5G smartphone gets official

Samsung Galaxy S21

Samsung Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ shown off on video

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra shown off on video

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro headphones gets official

Footer

About Us

  • About Geeky Gadgets
  • Advertise On Geeky Gadgets
  • Archives
  • Contact Us
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Free Newsletter
  • Geeky Gadgets Logo
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

Further Reading

  • Auto News
  • Camera News
  • Concepts & Design
  • Entertainment News
  • Design News
  • Geeky Stuff
  • Apple iPad
  • Apple iPhone
  • Mobile Phone News
  • Sponsored
  • Tablet News

Copyright 2007 - 2020 Geeky Gadgets

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Geeky Gadgets
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

Cookie Policy

More information about our Cookie Policy