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DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool

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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool

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DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Financial risk too great for dev working "in my spare time to help others."

Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

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    This doesn’t make any sense. API requests are not proprietary.

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      Yep, this looks like a blatant abuse of the DMCA by Mazda. Either Mazda is engaging in scummy behavior or they need better lawyers. Either way, it makes me want to never buy another Mazda.

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        I’ve already added them to my internal list of bad actors I won’t work with.

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      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.”

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        So, they mad b/c of an internal skill issue.

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          O they mad

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        “How dare you use our public APIs that we made available publicly for others to use!”

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        looks sternly at Amazon

        Then why is it available?

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          “Move fast, break things, lawyer up”

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            Move faster than the law, then use your loot to do whatever you want

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          Because fuck you, that’s why it’s available.

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        Hahahahha holy shit how did that get past legal

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      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.

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        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.

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          There goes that rigged system again.

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      So what? They have more money, they decide what is legal or not.

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