Hacker News with Generative AI: DMCA

Mazda DMCA Takedown of Open Source Home Assistant App (consumerrights.wiki)
Mazda brand cars allow remote access to certain functions of the vehicle via servers owned by the company. To access these functions, Mazda provides an official app for the smartphone. After an open source project emerged that integrated support for Mazda vehicles into the Home Assistant suite, Mazda issued a false DMCA takedown notice causing the project to be abandoned.
Open Source, DMCA, Automobiles, Privacy, Home Automation
40 points by bestouff 9 days ago | 1 comments
Removing "Annoying" Windows 10 Features Is DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says(2020) (ycombinator.com)
Removing "Annoying" Windows 10 Features Is DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says
Windows 10, DMCA, Software, Legal, Microsoft
15 points by rolph 12 days ago | 4 comments
Second Circuit Rejects Record Labels' Attempt to Rewrite the DMCA (eff.org)
In a major win for creator communities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has once again handed video streaming site Vimeo a solid win in its long-running legal battle with Capitol Records and a host of other record labels.
Law, Copyright, DMCA, Music Industry, Online Video
22 points by hn_acker 118 days ago | 3 comments
More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters (torrentfreak.com)
Link-Busters is the unofficial DMCA takedown champion of 2024. The anti-piracy outfit works for many of the world's largest publishing companies and is currently flagging the majority of all 'pirate' URLs to Google search; more than two billion in total. Despite this stellar effort, book pirates are chalking up new records too.
Copyright, Piracy, Google Search, DMCA, Publishing
14 points by isaacfrond 141 days ago | 0 comments
Cox to Appeals Court: DMCA Subpoenas Don't Apply to Us, Period * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
In a recent filing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ISP Cox maintains that DMCA subpoenas don't apply to Internet providers.
Law, DMCA, Copyright
6 points by isaacfrond 161 days ago | 2 comments
DMCA takedown notices and counter-notices received at GitHub (github.com/github)
Inspired by Lumen (formerly Chilling Effects) and Google, this repo contains the text of DMCA takedown notices and counter-notices we've received here at GitHub.
Legal, DMCA, Open Source, GitHub, Transparency
105 points by LorenDB 207 days ago | 30 comments
Feds: You Don't Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books (gizmodo.com)
The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get anywhere else.
Copyright Law, Video Games, Gaming History, Law, DMCA
115 points by mikhael 210 days ago | 98 comments
Discord Rejects Role as 'Anti-Piracy' Partner; will no longer respond to DMCAs (torrentfreak.com)
Korean game publisher Nexon is using the U.S. legal system to address online copyright infringement. The company obtained a DMCA subpoena that requires Discord to hand over the personal details of suspected pirates.
Copyright Infringement, DMCA, Online Piracy, Gaming, Social Media
61 points by isaacfrond 219 days ago | 15 comments
Webtoon Targets 170 Pirate Domains Through DMCA Subpoena (torrentfreak.com)
Copyright Law, Piracy, Webtoon, DMCA, Legal Action
25 points by gslin 275 days ago | 8 comments
Link-Busters Sent a Billion DMCA Takedown Requests to Google Search (torrentfreak.com)
Copyright, DMCA, Google Search, Online Content
8 points by isaacfrond 303 days ago | 3 comments
When 'Lol, No' Is Not Enough: Why Bogus DMCA Over Shirt Should Result in Fees (techdirt.com)
Copyright Law, Legal Issues, DMCA, Online Content, Free Speech
50 points by MBCook 374 days ago | 4 comments
Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns (engadget.com)
Nintendo, DMCA, Copyright, Emulation, Gaming
225 points by mikhael 385 days ago | 175 comments
Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices (engadget.com)
Gaming, Copyright, Legal Issues, DMCA
50 points by intunderflow 393 days ago | 27 comments