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Isn't this copyright infringement? The FAQ says "MKBSD accesses publicly available media through the Panels app's own API. It doesn't do anything shady or ille
by ClassyJacket 2y ago
Isn't this copyright infringement?
The FAQ says "MKBSD accesses publicly available media through the Panels app's own API. It doesn't do anything shady or illegal.", but I don't think that logically follows. Just because something doesn't have DRM, doesn't make copying it not piracy. There are plenty of PC games with no DRM but you still aren't licensed to use them without buying.
Like, it's not as if I could care less about a bottom line of an already rich YouTuber, but is this really the hill to die on, especially with legal risk?
- addicted 2y agoIt’s also a ridiculous argument for anyone in the open source community, or anyone who has benefited from the open source community to pay even a moment’s attention to. It basically invalidates every open source licence because it’s essentially saying that if the terms of the licence cannot be enforced by code then the licence itself doesn’t apply.
- boristsr 2y agoI'd personally be worried publishing this due to potentially also being classified as gaining unauthorized access to a computer system. It may temporarily be a publically accessible and poorly secured API, but that doesn't mean it's intended for public consumption when you have poked around the app to work out the API and then bypassing payment mechanisms.
- dontdoxxme 2y agoPerson seems to work for cure53, who have done reviews of lots of open source apps. Apparently they don't care about copyright though.
- abhinavk 2y agoThey also sell apps on AppStore (with in-app purchases), Switch and Steam. So I think that they do.