@DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1728arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.com@DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square118fedilinkfile-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_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish59•9 months 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@terny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish35•9 months 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-square@MonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 months 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.