Google Pulls Open Source CoreAVC Project Over DMCA Complaint

rippe77 writes "Google has taken down the open-source project CoreAVC for Linux due to a DMCA complaint. The CoreAVC codec is a commercial high-definition H.264 DirectShow filter for windows provided by CoreCodec Inc.. The CoreAVC for Linux project provided various patches for Linux applications (mplayer, MythTV, xine) to use these DirectShow decoder filters in Linux. The takedown is quite controversial, as the CoreAVC project did not provide any copyrighted material — only the means to use the DirectShow filters in Linux." (The takedown notice is not yet up at Chilling Effects, but Google's page has a link that will take you there when it is.)

Comments

Re:This is why not to rely on Google, Sourceforge,

[Anonymous Coward]

If it will help keep the panties on Paris Hilton, then I'm all for it.

Re:GPL: Intellectual Theft

[cwsulliv]

See! That's what Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been telling us all along. This real life example proves it!

Re:Where Else?

[Anonymous Coward]

Next thing you're going to tell me Australia is a continent!