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by brentjanderson 4260 days ago
Interesting that this follows on the heels of the Popcorn Time DMCA takedown: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-11-MPAA.m...

EDIT: Also here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8450145
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ad_hominem 4260 days ago
If it was actually prompted by something, it would probably be the recent Inspeqtor[1] takedown[2][3][4] by Monit.

[1]: https://github.com/mperham/inspeqtor

[2]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/518796150733033472

[3]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/519164948887257090

[4]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/519326759930454016

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junto 4260 days ago
Just a note concerning this. Popcorn allows users to easily find and watch torrents, which could be illegal copies. Why does the software that enables that fall under a DMCA request? Shouldn't any web browser or search engine also fall under the same rules because they allow me to browse and watch mp4 movies?
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opendais 4260 days ago
No, it isn't. That is from months ago that someone reposted recently.
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