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Hang on. So this is the Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft issuing a takedown notice to Microsoft-owned Github? Sounds like this could

by spzb 6y ago

Hang on. So this is the Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft issuing a takedown notice to Microsoft-owned Github? Sounds like this could have been solved with a couple of internal emails. Or more likely BSA are just going off on one without Microsoft's input.

tomxor 6y ago
[edit] Not so blatent abuse, apparently the repo included windows iso derivatives... > Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft. Oh wait a sec... Another BS third party Github DMCA complaint? This sounds very similar to the "REACT" Github DMCA complaint last month also covered by TF [0]. Where someone was (not) using Casio's software on an ARM SBC inside a plastic Casio case. "REACT" [1], "BSA" [2]... they are both non-profit, why are they both so comfortable using blatant DMCA abuse as a means to silence content their members disapprove of? [0] https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mods-old-calculator-to-access-the-internet-casio-files-dmca-complaint-200523/ https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mods-old-calculator-to-acces... [1] https://www.react.org/about-us/ https://www.react.org/about-us/ [2] https://www.bsa.org/ https://www.bsa.org/
- winkeltripel 6y ago
  "BSA, is a trade group established by Microsoft" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance)
  - darkwater 6y ago
    I still remember the BSA ads against pirate software in the '90s..
    - n0cturne 6y ago
      “Don’t copy that floppy.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy
  - occamrazor 6y ago
    So essentially Microsoft is suing Microsoft on behalf of Microsoft?
cmdshiftf4 6y ago
>Sounds like this could have been solved with a couple of internal emails This is actually what I'd least like to see Github become i.e. takedowns based on an internal bigcorp emails, with a pristine PR message sent out only if people complain. It's much nicer that it's out in the open as it is.

by spzb 6y ago

tomxor 6y ago

[edit] Not so blatent abuse, apparently the repo included windows iso derivatives... > Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft. Oh wait a sec... Another BS third party Github DMCA complaint? This sounds very similar to the "REACT" Github DMCA complaint last month also covered by TF [0]. Where someone was (not) using Casio's software on an ARM SBC inside a plastic Casio case. "REACT" [1], "BSA" [2]... they are both non-profit, why are they both so comfortable using blatant DMCA abuse as a means to silence content their members disapprove of? [0] https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mods-old-calculator-to-access-the-internet-casio-files-dmca-complaint-200523/ https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mods-old-calculator-to-acces... [1] https://www.react.org/about-us/ https://www.react.org/about-us/ [2] https://www.bsa.org/ https://www.bsa.org/

winkeltripel 6y ago
"BSA, is a trade group established by Microsoft" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance)
- darkwater 6y ago
  I still remember the BSA ads against pirate software in the '90s..
  - n0cturne 6y ago
    “Don’t copy that floppy.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy
- occamrazor 6y ago
  So essentially Microsoft is suing Microsoft on behalf of Microsoft?

cmdshiftf4 6y ago

>Sounds like this could have been solved with a couple of internal emails This is actually what I'd least like to see Github become i.e. takedowns based on an internal bigcorp emails, with a pristine PR message sent out only if people complain. It's much nicer that it's out in the open as it is.