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Old 09-14-2008, 08:38 PM
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Re: Notice About Stealing Software, NFSFAN
Regarding the whole DMCA thing...

I completely agree that the developer has every right to protect his software. However, since PPCGeeks was not knowingly supporting the distribution of plagiarized software, I highly doubt you'd be able to close the site.

Now, I do know that it is not advisable to say this to an agry person [and mod]. And frankly, I would just keep my mouth shut especially when it comes to n2c. But the DMCA just really fu%king pisses me off in so many ways, so I have to say this.

The furthest you could go with a DMCA takedown notice is to have the offending site remove the content. And the rules are a bit different in a forum than sites because a mod has to remove the content. The site technically is not responsible for NFSFAN's blatant disregard for morals [Legally yes, but any decent lawyer could explain to a judge and jury how the site can't possible go through and examine the code of all things uploaded]

Ugh.. I'll probably remove this in a bit because I realize how stupid it is to say anything. And n2c, please don't view this as being against you. I just REALLY HATE THE DMCA... like more than you'd think a person is capable of.

Oh, and to be clear I in NO way think ANYTHING NFS did was right.
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