Google Deletes All Pirate Bay Apps From Play Store

That may sound not welcoming for some of the torrent lovers but Tech giant Google has decided to launch an offensive against the piracy and has started to remove all the apps that are linked to Pirate Bay on the Google App Store. Apps from The Pirate Bay Proxy, The Pirate Bay Premium, The Pirate Bay Mirror and PirateApp have been deleted from the Play Store. The developers of these apps were informed already and they were sent a warning message which informed that the apps were going to be deleted. In case you are wondering where these apps have gone from Play Store, then don.t bother as they have now been removed. But the critiques are not happy from the tech giant latest move as the search engine has not prohibited certain pirate websites from its search and opted to target the mobile persona which reflects company,s dual policy. The message from the Google, REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior provisions of the Content Policy. Please refer to the IP infringement and impersonation policy help article for more information The company also warned the repeat offenders that their accounts could be terminated upon the repeated violation of the rule. If you have already an app related to this installed on your mobile, you can continue to use it without new apps or new updates. If you delete them, then the apps would never be downloaded again. Moreover you can access those Pirate Bay apps via desktop Chrome. TPB writes on their website, No. The app is not copyrighted and is licensed under Creative Commons. You may freely download and distribute copies of the app