DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1715arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comDocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·1 year agoIt reads to me like: “this app does the same thing as our app therefore they must have copied our code; there is no other possible explanation”. Cool story, bro. I hope the developers will fight back but that takes lots of money.
minus-squareterny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoThe article states this was a hobby of his and he won’t be defending it as it would entail financial cost of mounting a legal defense.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThere goes that rigged system again.
It reads to me like: “this app does the same thing as our app therefore they must have copied our code; there is no other possible explanation”. Cool story, bro. I hope the developers will fight back but that takes lots of money.
The article states this was a hobby of his and he won’t be defending it as it would entail financial cost of mounting a legal defense.
There goes that rigged system again.