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

3 years ago by DocMcStuffin to c/technology

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Financial risk too great for dev working "in my spare time to help others."
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UniDestroyer 136 points 3 years ago

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

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ultranaut 134 points 3 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.

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stolid_agnostic 5 points 3 years ago

I’ve already added them to my internal list of bad actors I won’t work with.

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Bishma 76 points 3 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."

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Talaraine 46 points 3 years ago

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

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agent_flounder 41 points 3 years ago

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

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BlinkerFluid 33 points 3 years ago

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Then why is it available?

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Taleya 4 points 3 years ago

Hahahahha holy shit how did that get past legal

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agent_flounder 59 points 3 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.

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terny 35 points 3 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.

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SomethingBurger 15 points 3 years ago

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

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