HackerRank (YC S11) DMCA'ed the SymPy Docs [fixed]

Post by dmurray » Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 7:56 AM UTC

__app_dev__ wrote: post #244

rvivek wrote: post #159

Hello again, Vivek, founder/CEO here. In the interest of moving swiftly, here are the actions we are going to take: (1) We have withdrawn the DMCA notice for sympy; Sent a note to senior leadership in Github to act on this quickly. (2) We have stopped the whole DMCA process for now and working on internal guidelines of what constitutes a real violation so that these kind of incidents don't happen. We are going to do…

Hello Vivek, Personally I like Hacker Rank and consider it a good way to learn about new algorithms but at the same time I do not like the style of interviews that require it and it makes me wish I could leave the industry because it's a waste of time for people with a lot of practical experience and who have a good portfolio of apps/sites they've created. That said, I would recommend not doing DMCA at all unless it'…

Post by dmurray » Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 7:59 AM UTC

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #249

perihelions wrote: post #241

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Here's an archive.org snapshot of the evidence, for future archivists: https://web.archive.org/web/20220420062828/https://worthitso...

is that a joke? I mean a bunch of stock photos of white hipster people with an address in Lahore? No - that does seem to be their site. I mean that is disturbing on all sorts of levels. From "that's just poor web dev copy paste", to "those americans won't hire anyone who looks like us" to ... hell I don't know. that just bothers me

Post by bitcharmer » Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 8:09 AM UTC

bigiain wrote: post #219

rvivek wrote: post #163

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It is fucking happening.

Now that you've been called out publicly... What are you doing about all the other bogus DMCA claims you company has sent (itself or via its external contractors)? What are you doing to ensure this never happens again? Why should we believe your answers, and how can we see concrete evidence that you've stopped doing this and made up for all the times you've done it in that past?

Post by psyc » Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 8:15 AM UTC

rvivek wrote: post #42

endisneigh wrote: post #40

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I’m curious - why even bother? What will you do if someone torrents the solutions? Focus on figuring out another solution. Leetcode for instance puts the solutions out there.

It's not an either or. We need to do the takedown AND figure out a way where we can do things like randomizing questions but preserving the integrity of it to ensure a fair evaluation, etc.

Post by allisdust » Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 8:31 AM UTC

manquer wrote: post #231

jaysonqpt wrote: post #206

Many people doesn't seem to understand what pain individuals undergo when their content is taken offline by Google or Github due to a fake DMCA notice. They would have built something over years and one morning entire thing is taken offline due to a fake DMCA notice. Then they have to issue a counter notice with all its legal implications and it also exposes all your private information including full address, name a…

You could fight them by counter claims and following the DMCA processes which on paper have stiff penalties for abuse. Practically I have never heard of major abuses being punished, so wouldn’t count on it. As a technologist perhaps solve it with tech, the first step would be to host your own content instead of using a third party app based in U.S. There is not a lot of deep tech to what GitHub gives as a githost, a…