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PlayFair Pulled Due to DMCA Request

Posted by pudge on from the fair-use-foiled-again dept.

doubleacr writes "MacSlash is reporting that PlayFair has been removed from SourceForge.net. Didn't see that one coming." We posted about PlayFair on Monday. SourceForge.net received a DMCA complaint from Apple on Thursday, claiming PlayFair is in violation of the anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA, section 1201(a)(2). As per SourceForge.net policy, the project has been disabled. Should the project managers file a counterclaim, the project could be restored. SourceForge.net is owned by OSDN, the parent company of Slashdot.

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  1. Looks like by sobriquet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it has been mac/.'ed

  2. Re:It is all clear now. by Ithika · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    my black what?

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  3. Re:Didn't see that one coming? by hoggoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Run, Forest, run...

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