Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

tyzoid wrote: post #3

conartist6 wrote: post #2

Sue them for tortious interference

I suspect the TOS say google can remove or deny apps for any reason. If in the EU, there might be a DMA claim though.

Can a TOS waive any rights? Surely there are some unalienable rights.

Re: Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

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Post by limagnolia » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

tyzoid wrote: post #3

conartist6 wrote: post #2

Sue them for tortious interference

I suspect the TOS say google can remove or deny apps for any reason. If in the EU, there might be a DMA claim though.

Sue Microsft, not Google. It was Microsoft who filed the DMCA notice, Microsft is the responsible party.

Re: Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

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Post by Borealid » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

skywal_l wrote: post #5

tyzoid wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect the TOS say google can remove or deny apps for any reason. If in the EU, there might be a DMA claim though.

Can a TOS waive any rights? Surely there are some unalienable rights.

I, personally, don't feel that "making money by doing business in a particular market" should be a right it is illegal to waive.

If it were inalienable, things like regional distribution agreements would be void, since you could sign away your ability to sell in a certain country and then compete with your distributor anyway.

Let's keep some perspective here - there is no "inalienable right to sell apps to smartphone users via a private commercial storefront".

Re: Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

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Post by mysterydip » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC

Could the sequence of events be:

1) open source project publishes source

2) AI scrapes source

3) AI generates code for proprietary game similar to that of the source

4) AI tool scans jar files and finds similar code, triggers copyright violation

Re: Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

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Post by iamnothere » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC

Borealid wrote: post #7

skywal_l wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can a TOS waive any rights? Surely there are some unalienable rights.

I, personally, don't feel that "making money by doing business in a particular market" should be a right it is illegal to waive. If it were inalienable, things like regional distribution agreements would be void, since you could sign away your ability to sell in a certain country and then compete with your distributor anyway. Let's keep some perspective here - there is no "inalienable right to sell apps to smartphone…

> Let's keep some perspective here - there is no "inalienable right to sell apps to smartphone users via a private commercial storefront".

This is unacceptable in a world where governments and businesses are increasingly gating services behind those same marketplaces.

Something’s got to give here. We can’t allow people to create a captive, gatekept marketplace and then create/allow significant pressure that herds people into that same marketplace.

IMO, break up all the gatekeepers using antitrust and require that critical infrastructure and businesses (government, banking, utilities, payments, etc) allow alternate access paths that don’t require a smartphone.

Re: Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

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Post by puskavi » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC

mysterydip wrote: post #8

Could the sequence of events be: 1) open source project publishes source 2) AI scrapes source 3) AI generates code for proprietary game similar to that of the source 4) AI tool scans jar files and finds similar code, triggers copyright violation

It probably just looks at pictures