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dmca
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Mazda files false DMCA takedown notice to intimidate open source programmer
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/10/2023-10-10-mazda.md
https://www.thedrive.com/news/mazda-slaps-developer-with-cease-and-desist-for-diy-smart-home-integration
https://web.archive.org/web/20231014070536/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1771ywu/removal_of_mazda_connected_services_integration/
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/mazda-connected-service/354221
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/removal-of-mazda-connected-services-integration/625885/36
https://www.home-assistant.io/
https://youtu.be/l2qKEkG29gI
https://youtu.be/NfiIXooD77s
https://youtu.be/PrtbYu1OYhY
https://youtu.be/nigJMu0lUbM
https://youtu.be/qLlxOD5IHYc
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Mazda's DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist's smart car API tool
> Is there anything that average folk can do against these notices when they're sent to companies like GitHub?
They can file a counter-notice, commit to accepting service of process if the other party wants to sue, and wait 10-14 days. There's a guide at https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/content-removal-polic... and there are plenty of example counter-notices in the https://github.com/github/dmca repo.
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Removal of Mazda Connected Services Integration
From the posted notice[1], they answered "No" to the question "Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology if you are unsure." Is that the same thing you are referencing?
[1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/10/2023-10-1...
- DMCA takedown for pymazda and node-mymazda
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Ask HN: Why did Microsoft, Meta, and PayPal update their ToS today?
I don't know why you're arguing with me when I'm literally giving you sources backing up that what I'm saying is a mere statement of fact: contracts are inherently subject to copyright law like any other text, although the individual violation may be hard to demonstrate and cases difficult to win.
If I understand your example correctly, you would take an existing SaaS's ToS (i.e. copy their copyrighted work), publish it as your own (i.e. lie) and then file a DMCA takedown request (i.e. commit perjury) to force them to remove their ToS? Yes, you could do that. But since you likely can't demonstrate that you're the original copyright holder (e.g. trivially their SaaS pre-dates your service and they probably have internal documents like e-mails surrounding the drafting of the ToS whereas you don't unless you forge those as well) and sending a DMCA takedown request for works you don't actually own is literally a felony crime, I don't think that's a winning strategy.
To be clear: yes, there are laws against abusing DMCA takedown requests, precisely because otherwise anyone could just send them out for fun. Specifically DMCA takedown requests include a statement under penalty of perjury from the copyright holder that they hold the copyright. So this isn't a special DMCA law but just a boring old felony crime involved in fraudulently filing illegitimate legal claims.
If you're wondering why you've never heard of this it's probably because you're thinking of sites like YouTube which don't actually receive DMCA takedown requests normally but instead provide an arbitration system to allow content owners to avoid messy legal back-and-forths over the back of Google and instead be trusted based on who they are (i.e. smaller creators will be stuck in appeals limbo trying to talk to a human whereas large corporations will usually be trusted by default). This does not however apply to e.g. GitHub, which is why there is a public collection of DMCA takedown requests hosted by them: https://github.com/github/dmca
To speed up this conversation: if you can think of another example where your conclusion is "but this is dumb" then it's likely because your example is, not the legal situation you're looking at. Also "but this is dumb" is not a counter-argument to "this is what the law is like". The law does not care if you think it is dumb and saying it is dumb is not a good defense if you end up in court.
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Internet Archive Targets Book DRM Removal Tool with DMCA Takedown
Takedown notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/06/2023-06-2...
The tool is still available on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/bipinkrish/DeGourou
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Nintendo sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
yes , https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/13372/files
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Beware Offers of “Help” with Your Projects
Haha, you'd think. You can disable issues, but not pull requests, which has been a pain point for the last... forever[0]. Best you can do is setup workflows to automatically close and lock every pull request (and optionally, add an exception for a single pull request that says in all caps "DO NOT OPEN PULL REQUESTS"). It's as painful as it sounds.
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Android vs Apple phones
whatsapp (at least historically) really likes using its legal team. (i also have faint memories of them going after a linux app that literally just had a web embed to web.whatsapp.com but cannot find the source). now, you may think "oh that's just to prevent spammers and stuff", but what this effectively means is that if your friends use whatsapp, then your choice is limited to android or ios. i think it is actually bad that this duopoly exists and people should not be trying to cement that duopoly even more.
installer
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Is there a way to allow Flash Player 32 to connect to the internet?
You can use something like Flashpatch to patch the stupid timebomb out of Adobe Flash or you can download a pre-patched version known as CleanFlash which is based on the China exclusive Flash player 34 (which is still supported today) but with the region lock, adware, and timebombs patched out.
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Downloaded a swf file (flash) from Internet Archive. How to watch it on Win10?
An alternative to the many emulators is Clean Flash Player, which is still fully featured. I personally don't think the issues flash has are worse than the issues getting modern flash content to play in an emulator
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Why do you think Adobe killed Flash?
Certain projects take advantage of that like Flashpatch which patches out Adobe Flash the DRM in Adobe flash as well as the time bomb and CleanFlash Installer which allows you to install a modified version of Adobe flash from flash.cn without the Geolock and Adware requirement. However if you would like to use any of these projects you will need a legacy browser that supports them like Basilisk, Palemoon, and SeaMonkey Since most modern browsers don't support NPAPI plugins anymore.
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I have my old desktop, a HP Compaq DC7900 Ultra Slim, and I'm looking to use it again for other purposes. Linux has big problems on it, really unstable, Windows 7 is a little sluggish on this thing, and I'm looking to have XP pro on that thing, although, idk what can I run on XP these days...
Have you tried the Serpent (Basilisk 52) browser with CleanFlash installed?
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Does anyone have a copy of clean flash?
It may be down on Github, but not on Gitlab.
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Adobe Uses DMCA to Nuke Project That Keeps Flash Alive, Secure & Adware Free
Apparently it's still up here: https://gitlab.com/cleanflash/installer
Thanks for the encouragement! This incompetent found the links too. https://gitlab.com/cleanflash/installer/-/releases
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