"Killer App" = 3rd Party Watchfaces

[TenTwelve]

Lol. Just lol

Agreed...

 

[GLS]

Huh? If it was, wouldn't the watchmakers quick to shutdown/sue such sites and developers?

Copyright infringement would be to make a physical copy of an Omega/Rolex/etc. Omega/Rolex/etc. don't make digital watches. The developers of these digital watchfaces simply take a high-res macro photo of a watch (or make artwork themselves based on physical watch) and animate it.

If anything, it's free advertisement of the brand. Some people who never even considered buying a high end watch may start with downloading an Omega watchface and then seeing it in a store and actually buying it because they loved it so much.

Reproduction of the look of a watch isn't willful infringement.

In fact, the legal definition by the US Copyright Office under subsection 505 states that evidence of reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself, shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement of a copyright.

A company like Tag or Rolex has the burden to prove that willful infringment has occurred and that their business was effected as a result. Gonna be hard to prove that a person bought went out and bought a $179 Moto 360 instead of a $10,000 Rolex because there was a digital reproduction of the watch face on the 360.

They are. Google watch face and copyright to see what is going on.. Takedown notices, mostly Besides, didn't Apple get themselves in hot water when they included the Swiss Federal Railways face with the iPad update? I think they ended paying buckets of money for that.

http://recode.net/2014/11/25/luxury-watchmakers-crack-down-on-copycat-android-wear-watch-faces/

One site, FaceRepo, provides a repository of watch-face downloads for Motorola’s Moto 360, LG’s G series and Samsung Gear smartwatches, with several sporting the familiar look and logo of high-end timepieces.

Among the downloads currently popular on FaceRepo are a self-described “copy” of the $3,000 Oyster Perpetual by Rolex, a steampunk watch face that’s a dead ringer for the $14,000 Devon Tread1 E Time Belt and a digital doppelgänger for the CT Scuderia timepiece, which retails for more than $3,000.

FaceRepo’s founder confirmed he has received take-down notifications from several major watch companies or their legal representatives, including IWC, Panerai, Fossil, Armani, Michael Kors, Omega, Tissot, Certina, Swatch and Flik Flak. He said the site, which serves as a marketplace for Android Wear downloads, removes such watch faces immediately.

 

[418]

I was editing my previous post when you posted this.

Here's what I added:

"I can take a picture of an expensive watch, make an animated watch face, and post it on an Android user community web site. I wonder if the Apple user community will be given that level of development freedom and be as willing to share their work with others? ""

That actually sounds pretty neat.
But I can't see it fitting Apple's plans for the Watch (for reasons I've touched on previously in this thread). It'd also be pretty out of character for Apple in general.

 

[Bigdog9586]

Another great reason for a jailbreak of the watch.

 

[Lloydbm41]

He was saying he specifically bought the Moto 360 which had a a heart rate monitor that is not as accurate as the AW. People complain that it only works if you stand perfectly still and even then it is hit or miss. Meanwhile the most recent Consumer Reports review put the AW as the top wearable including fitness.

Considering I personally tested my 360 to my Reebok chest strap hr monitor over a series of 7 tests, I found the 360 to be within 1-2 heartbeats of the info my Reebok was giving. Pretty accurate for a watch.

As for Consumer Reports, I wouldn't consider anything they print as praise. They became a joke about 10 years ago.

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People who use Android don't care about such trivial things as intellectual property.

Rooted cinnamon poptart bro!

People at Apple and those who use their products don't care about such trivial things as intellectual property.

I give you exhibit A your honor:

 

[Oppressed]

Considering I personally tested my 360 to my Reebok chest strap hr monitor over a series of 7 tests, I found the 360 to be within 1-2 heartbeats of the info my Reebok was giving. Pretty accurate for a watch.

As for Consumer Reports, I wouldn't consider anything they print as praise. They became a joke about 10 years ago.

A quick Google search yields some additional user opinions:
http://www.reddit.com/r/moto360/comments/2krypw/heart_rate_monitor_accuracy/

And despite what anyone thinks about consumer reports they are still a resource with more accurate results than a single user, and one that more people look to.

 

[VFC]

I found another site that has a ton of watch face for free (donation).

http://facerepo.com/app/faces/?faceType=facer&shape=round&sortOrder=downloadsAll&page=1

I now have Windows 8 on my watch: