Developer impact and market compliance with takedown processes in modded Android markets

Investigate how the requirement to repeatedly submit takedown requests across modded Android markets under regimes such as the DMCA affects app developers, and determine the compliance behavior of modded app market operators with such takedown requests.

Background

The paper highlights that developers, especially smaller ones, may need to manually report multiple versions of their apps across hundreds of modded markets, and repeat the process with each update due to notice-and-takedown frameworks such as the DMCA. This creates potential burdens and uncertain outcomes regarding market operator compliance.

Understanding both the developer-side burden and the extent to which modded markets comply with takedown requests is essential for informing regulatory policy and practical enforcement strategies.