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HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow

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Re: HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow

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Post by whelp_24 »

tsukikage wrote: post #3

...by DMCA request. However, Spolsky's 2007 FizzBuzz post predates the existence of Hackerrank (2012) by five years. Since they seem to enjoy that sort of thing, can a suit be brought against Hackerrank for copyright infringement?

I think dcma could benefit from a rewrite by more neutral organizations.

Re: HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow

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Post by pentaphobe »

slashtab wrote: post #2

Can someone please, explain, give some context?

Hackerrank runs a business which helps companies test candidates by doing code challenges.

Presumedly they don't invent every test from scratch - more likely they plagiarise existing tests and profit from them - which isn't really a problem until they start treating it as their own IP

Seems like probably someone at hackerrank added a classic code challenge to their library (FizzBuzz)

And presumedly this then resulted in their legal team/bots going out and initiating DMCA takedowns

Good Ol' late stage capitalism ...

Re: HackerRank takes down FizzBuzz Q&A on Stack Overflow

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Post by slashtab »

pentaphobe wrote: post #6
slashtab wrote: post #2

Can someone please, explain, give some context?

Hackerrank runs a business which helps companies test candidates by doing code challenges. Presumedly they don't invent every test from scratch - more likely they plagiarise existing tests and profit from them - which isn't really a problem until they start treating it as their own IP Seems like probably someone at hackerrank added a classic code challenge to their library (FizzBuzz) And presumedly this then resulted…

Interesting!! thanks!
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