Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
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Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#2Using copyright tools to try to contain published documentation of facts about anything is roughly where, if possible, I boycott anything involved with that company to the maximum reasonable extent.
It is clear that TI no longer has an interest in developing new products, or figuring out better ways of making existing products, and would instead like to rent-seek and make the world a smaller place.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#3All datasheets should be uploaded to libgen or similar platforms so that they're always accessible to anyone needing them.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#4Using copyright tools to try to contain published documentation of facts about anything is roughly where, if possible, I boycott anything involved with that company to the maximum reasonable extent. It is clear that TI no longer has an interest in developing new products, or figuring out better ways of making existing products, and would instead like to rent-seek and make the world a smaller place.
That was clear when Nokia fell and took down TI's OMAP processors with them and they just gave up to Quallcomm's Snapdragon without even putting up a fight.
TI is now just rentseeking on their ananlog dominance and whatever sinking boat Intel is, TI is way worse.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#5Terminally inconvenient!
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#6All datasheets should be uploaded to libgen or similar platforms so that they're always accessible to anyone needing them.
I hope someone takes care of this.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#7I don’t understand why chipmakers seem to always restrict access to documentation on chips. Their competitors will get it anyway. This only creates more problems for small developers.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#8I don’t understand why chipmakers seem to always restrict access to documentation on chips. Their competitors will get it anyway. This only creates more problems for small developers.
Last time I had to find in-depth documentation on a fairly common and new SONY image sensor, there was nothing available officially, found it in some chinese file sharing site though. Seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot by not opening it.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#9This is obviously wrong. The best way to remedy this is probably to contact TI as a (potential) investor, not complain here.
Re: Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archiving data sheets
#10TI has also cancelled distribution agreements with several of their top distributors recently. (Avnet, etc).
They have a few global distributors remaining, and if you talk to any of them for a new design, you'll notice they try to avoid promoting TI parts because of TI's new pricing and commission policies.