Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool
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Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
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Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
Lol no it wouldn't. The guy doesn't want to commit resources to fight this, since it's a hobby project and this sucked away his motivation to continue.
Unless y'all give him enough money to mount a legal defense, no amount of fancy tech will help.
While not exactly this situation, it has similar vibes to this: https://xkcd.com/538/
Oh god.
Federation is going to become the next blockchain thing that people have no idea what it does but insist it'll fix everything, isnt it?
it already is.
Except the use case it was designed for is actually used...
I think he only means in a literal sense. If the thing is copied a ton of times to several repositories, it becomes harder to expunge it entirely. Legal battles notwithstanding.