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I really hope EFF is able to take this on.
by fergbrain 6y ago
I really hope EFF is able to take this on.
- chx 6y agoAnd I hope that Microsoft does. This would be a case where the veritable army of lawyers they have could do much good -- and the RIAA would back down almost immediately, they are good at bullying small players but Microsoft?
- bgentry 6y agoMicrosoft is a member of the RIAA, so that would be an odd lawsuit: https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/riaa-members/ https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/riaa-members/
- ffpip 6y agohttps://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/046/BptVE1JIEAAA3dT.jpg https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/046/Bpt...
- jlgaddis 6y agoPerhaps, but Microsoft "loves" open-source now, remember?
- chx 6y agoYeah, well, let's hope some time next week the case gets escalated within Microsoft to the RIAA contact person who can make the phone call "My man, the fuck?", with much more eloquent words of course.
- lstamour 6y agoWasn’t all that long ago that Microsoft was making their own YouTube client, with downloads on mobile before Google officially released such a feature...
- michaelmrose 6y agoIf github under ms can't stand up they are cowards of little account that everyone ought to move away from.