@DocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square114arrow-up1747arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.com@DocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square114file-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-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish76•1 year agoThat doesn’t stop anybody. Just this morning Amazon sent out a wave of C&Ds because people were using their public APIs to access “proprietary data.”
minus-square@agent_flounderlinkEnglish41•1 year ago“How dare you use our public APIs that we made available publicly for others to use!”
minus-squareBlinkerFluidlinkfedilinkEnglish33•1 year agolooks sternly at Amazon Then why is it available?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoMove faster than the law, then use your loot to do whatever you want
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoBecause fuck you, that’s why it’s available.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoHahahahha holy shit how did that get past legal
That doesn’t stop anybody. Just this morning Amazon sent out a wave of C&Ds because people were using their public APIs to access “proprietary data.”
So, they mad b/c of an internal skill issue.
O they mad
“How dare you use our public APIs that we made available publicly for others to use!”
looks sternly at Amazon
Then why is it available?
“Move fast, break things, lawyer up”
Move faster than the law, then use your loot to do whatever you want
Because fuck you, that’s why it’s available.
Hahahahha holy shit how did that get past legal