앱개발자의 권리보호를 위한 방안

Abstract

In the process of purchase paid applications and content in the app market, most in-app billing system has been utilized. In relation to the in-app purchase in a typical application, the market Google's Google Play and Apple's App Store and One Store, which incorporate the contents for the purchase through, such as the user of the conditions and service policies. If the user has a problem with the purchase, but first such should contact the app developers, if this is not difficult or resolved, it is possible to make the refund request to the app market operators, check market business whether the so that the person is determined. Cases where the status of app developers in the course of the refund is wear the damage that has not been secured is frequently occur. In a state in which the app market operators are not notified to the app developers that it has been refunded to the user, when the user takes the unjust enrichment, such as sell to re-others the pay item is the case. In addition, after you purchase low cost in a foreign country, it has given the damage to the developer of the application by a method such as utilizing the difference of the exchange rate in the refund method in the country again. In the app market, there is a need for measures to whether the user of the contract withdrawal and refund is to protect the app developers from the damage caused by a malicious user so as not unilaterally made by the app market operators. First, in determining whether or not to refund in-app billing system, should the status of app developers is ensured, in the refund of the user for that, rather than in the app market operators the subject, app it is necessary to set the developer. These policy was centralized decide whether a refund on the app market for the convenience of users is, is because has led to the damage of app developers by the user to exploit rather. And, the app market operators on the system and, at the same time to quickly notify the app developers about the fact refund, shall must be given to convey specific information. Only a minimum of information is because experienced difficulties in proper recovery to content that app developers have been measures refund. Through the completion of the partial and insufficient parts that are missing in the Terms of content between the app market operators and app developers, there is a need to create an opportunity to establish a trading order on the more app market.