March 5, 2009
CityRail threatens developer of iPhone timetable app
RailCorp is threatening a Sydney man with legal action after he created an iPhone application, Transit Sydney, that allows people to monitor timetables for Sydney trains and ferries, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Alvin Singh, a software developer at News Digital Media, has been selling the Transit Sydney application on the iTunes App store for $2.49 for the past two weeks.
The application, which displays train and ferry timetable information in a format similar to the computer monitors found at train stations, is based on the fixed schedules provided on the CityRail and other public transport websites.
But Singh recently received a threatening email from RailCorp advising him that if he did not remove the application he would be sued for copyright infringement, as RailCorp owns all of its timetable information.
"The argument they've said is we are in the planning stages of getting our own application up there, but going by the Government's past performances I don't think we'll see it any time soon."
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