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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool

arstechnica.com

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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool

arstechnica.com

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Financial risk too great for dev working "in my spare time to help others."

Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

  • @[email protected]
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    136•2 years ago

    This doesn’t make any sense. API requests are not proprietary.

    • @[email protected]
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      134•2 years ago

      Yep, this looks like a blatant abuse of the DMCA by Mazda. Either Mazda is engaging in scummy behavior or they need better lawyers. Either way, it makes me want to never buy another Mazda.

      • @[email protected]
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        I’ve already added them to my internal list of bad actors I won’t work with.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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      76•2 years ago

      That doesn’t stop anybody. Just this morning Amazon sent out a wave of C&Ds because people were using their public APIs to access “proprietary data.”

      • Talaraine
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        So, they mad b/c of an internal skill issue.

        • @[email protected]
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          O they mad

      • @[email protected]
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        41•2 years ago

        “How dare you use our public APIs that we made available publicly for others to use!”

      • BlinkerFluid
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        33•2 years ago

        looks sternly at Amazon

        Then why is it available?

        • @[email protected]
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          6•2 years ago

          “Move fast, break things, lawyer up”

          • @[email protected]
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            4•2 years ago

            Move faster than the law, then use your loot to do whatever you want

        • @[email protected]
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          Because fuck you, that’s why it’s available.

      • @[email protected]
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        4•2 years ago

        Hahahahha holy shit how did that get past legal

    • @[email protected]
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      59•2 years ago

      It reads to me like: “this app does the same thing as our app therefore they must have copied our code; there is no other possible explanation”. Cool story, bro. I hope the developers will fight back but that takes lots of money.

      • @[email protected]
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        35•2 years ago

        The article states this was a hobby of his and he won’t be defending it as it would entail financial cost of mounting a legal defense.

        • @[email protected]
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          12•2 years ago

          There goes that rigged system again.

    • Something Burger 🍔
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      15•2 years ago

      So what? They have more money, they decide what is legal or not.

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