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Originally Posted by booklover6
So the people that side-load legally purchased copies show as illegal in your stats. Maybe they were all legally purchased. (I wouldn't begin to know where to get an illegal copy, but I guess they are somewhere). I get an error message with my side loaded copy of Moon + Pro on my Kindle Fire, too. But def. not going to buy a 2nd copy of that! Just another reason not to like the Kindle Fire.
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No, in most cases side-loaded copies are OK. At least I hope so.
On Google Play, buying CC gives you the right to install it on any number of devices, side-loaded or loaded from GP. The only requirements are that a) the device have access to the GP licensing system (amazon devices normally don't, which is your problem), and b) the device have credentials for the GP account that was used to purchase CC.
I think the same thing is true if you buy from Amazon, but as my son deals Amazon I don't know for sure.
The problem arises when someone buys an app from one appstore then tries to use it on a device that supports only the other appstore. These will appear as unlicensed copies. Given that you can easily put the Amazon appstore on almost any Android device, it seems that the problem is truly vexing only when running GP apps on Amazon devices, which is exactly the case you are in. It is possible to install GP on Amazon devices, but it isn't easy.
From our moral point of view, in this case the app is definitely not pirated, but other than removing the license checks there isn't much we can do.