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Google Pulls Open Source CoreAVC Project Over DMCA Complaint

Posted by timothy on from the not-like-google-has-much-choice dept.

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.)

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  1. Re:No.. by Score+Whore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm guessing you didn't actually click the link you are referring to. It doesn't take you to a take down notice, it takes you to a "uh, the notice you are looking for is not here." notice.

  2. Re:No.. by Zerth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Exactly, it takes you to "where it will be" as it said in the article, which the GGP said was BS and the GP refuted.