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Gentoo Package Accused of Violating DMCA

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Hence Freenet by sterno · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is exactly the sort of thing that is nicely dealt with through the existence of Freenet. Nobody can take down freenet, so if such things are hosted through Freenet, then the DMCA becomes totally irrelevant. They can't send the threatening letter to anybody because there's no source to send it too, just an anonymous network of servers happily sending the data where needed.

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  2. Re:Seriously? by Pieroxy · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Just a small post to notify you of a misuse of the word "then" for the word "than".

    From Dictionary.com, Than is used to compare or contrast things, as in "He is a lot smaller than his older brother." Then refers to time or consequence: "And the Canaanite was then in the land" (Gen. xii. 6.); "If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom" (Locke).

    So if one thing follows or results from another, use then.

    Than is also used before a pronoun, as in "Paul loves pizza more than me."

    Have a nice day.
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