@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@agent_flounderlinkEnglish59•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•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.
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.