Gentoo Package Accused of Violating DMCA

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 12, 2003 @04:33AM from the you-can't-make-this-up dept.

cshields2 writes "A recent post to the Gentoo mirrors mailing list passes along a DMCA violation claim that one of the mirror admins recieved. Supposively their bot saw the words "Pac" and "Man" in the filename INFMapPacks123FULL-MAN.zip and assumed it was an illegal copy of PAC-MAN. The file is actually for Unreal Tournament Infiltration. This is comical in one sense, but to be read by a hosting company who does not know any better can be frightening. Has anyone else ran into this with good (or even bad) outcomes?"

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OMFG! Panic! by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · 2003-08-12 05:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm just wondering if any other dist mirrors have received any threats similar to this.

I read the letter and didn't see any threat. It said, to paraphrase, "we believe file x to be infringing. Please remove it or contact us." Geez, the tone of the letter isn't even threatening.

But hey, that's ok, let's get mad at the agency trying to enforce copyrights for the artists that make the software instead of the people illegally distributing the software, thus making such checks necessary.