Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project
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Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project
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#2I can see why Dropbox would be upset about the existence of such a thing, but trying to force people to take it down seems incredibly foolish. The whole issue will garner them negative publicity and people will see it anyways thanks to the Streisand effect.
I had actually missed the original post, but now thanks to their takedown attempts I've downloaded a copy for myself as its very interesting.
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#3Wow, did not expect this from a savvy company like Dropbox. Filing a fake DMCA complaint? I think I'll take my files elsewhere.
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#4Wow, did not expect this from a savvy company like Dropbox. Filing a fake DMCA complaint? I think I'll take my files elsewhere.
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#5And now they see the Streisand Effect in action.
This was an unfortunate reaction by them that will damage their social capital (a little at least) among one of their core markets. I doubt it'll drive them into bankruptcy, but it's irritating for me to see this sort of behavior.
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#6The author of the software stated very clearly that he was approached by the CTO of Dropbox, who asked civilly that the repo be taken down.
This seems an intentional exaggeration of the issue to drive traffic.
>wladimir: Arash (the CTO) asked me to, in a really civil way. So I decided to respect his wish and take down the repository.
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#7I can see why Dropbox would be upset about the existence of such a thing, but trying to force people to take it down seems incredibly foolish. The whole issue will garner them negative publicity and people will see it anyways thanks to the Streisand effect. I had actually missed the original post, but now thanks to their takedown attempts I've downloaded a copy for myself as its very interesting.
> trying to force people to take it down seems incredibly foolish
As does the fake DMCA takedown. If Arash Ferdowsi wants people to think he's dishonest, he's going the right way about it.
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#8Wow, did not expect this from a savvy company like Dropbox. Filing a fake DMCA complaint? I think I'll take my files elsewhere.
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If I understood correctly, OP said that the Dropbox CTO stated the DMCA was "an accident". Why didn't they say it was "fake" if it was, ya know, fake?
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#9Wow, did not expect this from a savvy company like Dropbox. Filing a fake DMCA complaint? I think I'll take my files elsewhere.
Well that makes one of us who can live without Dropbox.
Drew would have to kill a baby panda with an elephant tusk for me to even begin thinking about switching.