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Adobe Uses DMCA On Protocol It Promised To Open

Posted by kdawson on from the by-some-definitions-of-open dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite promising in January to open RTMP, Adobe has issued a DMCA take down request for an open source implementation of the protocol. The former SourceForge project page for rtmpdump now reports 'Invalid Project.' rtmpdump has been used in tools such as get_iplayer and get-flash-videos. Adobe is no stranger to the DMCA, having previously used it against Dmitry Sklyarov."

3 of 203 comments (clear)

  1. Why did they think they could do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, duh! Saying that a protocol will be opened at a later date does not in any way give third parties permission to violate its copyright!

  2. Re:Copyright law? by geminidomino · · Score: 1, Troll

    How can a copyright law be used to take down a protocol implementation? What copyrights were infringed? This would normally fall under patent law.

    Simple. You threaten someone who's spineless, and they cave. More people need to read:

    http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php

    Yeah, that worked out so well for TPB...

  3. Re:Anyone know where to find rtmpdump 1.6? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wouldn't trust a file hosted on a site like that...probably infected with malware.