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The guy edited his comment: > EDIT: On second thought, I will not and just leave it at that. It seems the internet is fed on outrage and must interpret every i
by Hyulet 5y ago
The guy edited his comment:
> EDIT: On second thought, I will not and just leave it at that. It seems the internet is fed on outrage and must interpret every intent as malicious.
Yes, I'm sure this is not malicious at all:
> Upon further investigation, it became clear that Wenzheng Tang is a Chinese national, but not resident in China. As a guest in his current country, his residency status is predicated on a number of conditions, one of which is not violating the law.
> If found in violation of laws, residency may be revoked and he may be deported to his home country.
> This becomes even further complicated given another repo of his - Fuck 学习强国, which is highly critical of the Chinese government. Were he deported to China, who knows how he may be received.
- RandomBK 5y agoAlso relevant is this line in the original DMCA email shown in the original issue: > Otherwise, I will have to transfer information about you to lawyers who will cooperate with github.com and Chinese government to physically find you and stop the illegal use of licensed content. The later comment I might have charitably excused as poor wording, but that line really highlights the threat being made. That this was in the original takedown letter just makes me even more worried about the business practices at Muse Group and its recent takeover of Audacity.
- lilSebastian 5y agoReading the content from this person/organisation I don't believe this is poor wording, rather fairly standard scare tactics and threats.
- bambax 5y agoAgreed. The last comment that got everyone upset could be understood to be poorly worded, but that first one, which never was edited or deleted, is damning. This is a shame, because Muse Score is a great piece of software.
- throwbigdata 5y agoWas
- aj3 5y agoThis seems like a very uncharitable reading of that quote. Btw, what is organisation meant to do in this situation? Sue the person they believe is infringing on their rights without regard to humanity? Ignore the issue altogether?
- michaelmrose 5y agoPresumably they are meant to add authentication to their API if they don't want a third party client accessing it. If they believe they have a leg to stand on they can try to get it removed from github. What you don't do is threaten to collaborate with the Chinese government to murder them.