th3l3mons

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by th3l3mons 6y ago
Below is a link to Leonard French, a practicing copyright attorney, talking about the situation. According to him, the problem is whether or not yt-dl was designed and marketed to bypass copyright protections. Still a shit situation (re:bro
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by th3l3mons 6y ago
GitHub is already expected to comply with DMCA takedowns just like they have to comply with counter notifications. That's how they maintain a safe harbor, though the latter is a bit harder to truly enforce (see the recent Twitch kerfuf
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by th3l3mons 7y ago
Apple has used US Customs to seize parts intended for repairs, including parts from donor boards. Apple sued (and last I knew was trying to appeal) a Norway repair shop for repairing iPhones using "counterfeit" components. iirc, s
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by th3l3mons 8y ago
To piggy back, this also goes down the dependency chain. Leftpad wasn't bad because it was being used directly. Projects imported other libraries which either directly pulled leftpad or, more likely, pulled another library which may be
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by th3l3mons 8y ago
It's been a few years but the libraries needed for different OSs changes. The source and imports needed between Linux and Windows differs. Also comes with some other baggage, like I don't recall if Windows offers a Unix socket imp
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by th3l3mons 8y ago
The other side I would pose is: do you want anyone to alter your responses? I'm currently trying to find the RFC, but I recall an ISP defining an RFC for tampering with HTTP responses in-transit. In addition, I also recall seeing Comca