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Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies

Posted by michael on from the dmca-veterans-for-truth dept.

dbaker writes "The MPAA filed a DMCA takedown notice against Superconnect, a software company. The letter is available here that demands the removal of roughly 120K of open-source TCL code that they believe to be a 'copyrighted motion pictures.' This is definitely a surprising case of the guilty until proven innocent world that the DMCA provides." And yet another: enrico_suave writes "The Entertainment Software Association falsely accuses the Interactive Fiction archive of pirating Doom 3. doom3.zip is a 114kb freeware DOS game from 1988. Reminiscent of when the RIAA sent C & D's to a Professor Usher who had an usher.mp3 file posted on his website."

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  1. MPAA should compare MD5SUMs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, wait.

    1. Re:MPAA should compare MD5SUMs by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah dude, I totally remember the MD5s, they had that song "Kick out the Jams," man, it like totally rocked.

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  2. Re:Wow! by Brian+Boitano · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe they've converted the episodes to ASCII or something...

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  3. Let us hope... by Zorilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that no upcoming movie becomes named "stdio.h" or we're all screwed.

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    1. Re:Let us hope... by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...that no upcoming movie becomes named "stdio.h" or we're all screwed.

      I think SCO's already got that one covered.

  4. Re:Why Not Try To Screw The RIAA/MPAA? by rjelks · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm gonna open a project for a FTP client on sourceforge right now. How does The_Princess_Diaries_2 sound?

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  5. They should send a reply like this... by optimus2861 · · Score: 5, Funny
    The operators of this BitTorrent tracker site got hit with a DMCA C&D from Dreamworks over alleged hosting of a copy of "Shrek 2". One little problem: the site's in Sweden, where the DMCA doesn't apply. (Obviously).

    The reply letter included these gems:

    As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. (...)

    It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.

  6. Well, I think it's actually pretty funny. by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is ANYONE that's gotten one of these ever going to call them on this bullshit and have them sent to jail for perjury?

    I'm actually pretty jealous they get these kinds of things. I should put up a page on my site with some old junk files, like resumees or code from old projects tar'd and gz'd and see if I can attract one of these fine letters. I feel it's important to be the first one on my block to receive and frame one of these masterpieces, before all you other weasels realize what fun this could be and set up your own web pages with likenamed and structured directories and files.

    Suppose after they've spun tens of thousands of these things they might realize they're on the wrong track with automating such a lame process?

    /pub/downloads/iron/giant.tar.gz
    /pub/downloads/lotr.tar.gz
    /pub/downloads/space/balls.tar.gz
    /pub/downloads/fahrenheit/911.tar.gz

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