Binary Rejected - Guideline 5.2.3 - Legal - Intellectual Property

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xSly OP
Created Jan ’19
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Hello Developers .


So I created an app that download Instagram videos to Photo Library , afterall I got this


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Guideline 5.2.3 - Legal - Intellectual Property



Your app allows users to save or download music, video, or other media content without authorization from the relevant third-party sources.


Specifically, your app allows users to download video from Instagram.

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I submitted an apeal caliming that Instagram already provides a "Developer API" for such things . And users are able to make their account "Private" and also my app got rejected ?


I googled this issue and found similar situations , but without any solution . I am confused because there are many apps in the Appstore that has the same functionality and yet they havent been rejected , or remeoved ..


Thanks in advance .

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KMT OP
Jan ’19

> I created an app that download Instagram video

> Instagram already provides a "Developer API" for such thing


Quoting the instagram SDK docs:

You cannot replicate the core user experience of the Instagram apps or web site. For example, do not build a media viewer.


>I am confused because there are many apps in the Appstore that has the same functionality and yet they havent been rejected , or remeoved


It is perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about the app store that anything available is a promise of how your apps will or won't be viewed by app review, especially when comparing apps from major houses.

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srdpt3@gmail.com OP
Jun ’20
was this resolved? app got approved?
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emirBytes OP
Nov ’20
1K views and no answers.

Surely some developers have solved it. But, keeping it a secret so that only their app can download media LOL!

I just got this rejection as well. Gonna try something and if it works will reply here.
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JulioD07 OP
Jan ’21
Hi, did you solve the issue, got approved? I have the same problem right now, but dont know how to get approved.
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Hemmi003 OP
Feb ’21
Now i have the same issue =(
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iiikbh OP
Aug ’21

Any Answer?

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ArielFlomenbaum OP
Apr ’22

Could someone solve the problem? The same thing happens to me with a radio app

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morgen1990 OP
May ’23

any updates on this issue? with regard to both YouTube and Instagram API embeddings?

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