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I wonder, if I write some HTML/JS code and deny the write to modify, can I send Flash a cease and desist for violation?
I'm curious if the above copyright infringement would stand in court or not... Copyright infringement normally does need intent and I'm not sure if this is really intent or not.
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Google is in the unusual situation of receiving a lot of blatantly invalid DMCA takedowns. Like, a movie studio (or a company under contract to them) will do a Google search for something broad, like "download game of thrones", and issue a mass takedown for every single link that shows up, often without even looking at the links . So a lot of perfectly legal content (e.g, a news article that says "Game Of Thrones is…
The ridiculous thing is that there are no consequences for the groups sending out those invalid DMCA requests. Every other week I read about how someone uses DMCA to censor a YouTube video or article that's critical of them, but apart from the loss of face with the public they don't see any of the legal or financial penalties that are supposed to result from invalid DMCAs.
But more generally -- yes, it's a huge problem that the DMCA has few consequences for "spray and pray" takedowns. While there are some provisions in the law for damages against knowingly issuing an invalid takedown, it's incredibly hard to prove (I'm not sure if it's ever happened!), and in any case, it doesn't apply if the takedown was simply sent in error. Even if you make that error repeatedly, and don't do anything to prevent it.
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Just because code/webpages are delivered to you over the web doesn't mean you can take them and republish them somewhere else.
Just because fingerprints were found at the scene of the burglary doesn't mean you take them and republish them somewhere else.
In most countries you are forbidden to take photos in a private setting without permission, and in some even in public.
wvenable's comment is on point. Just as public websites aren't public domain, publishing information delivered on request might not be legal.
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Just because code/webpages are delivered to you over the web doesn't mean you can take them and republish them somewhere else.
Just because fingerprints were found at the scene of the burglary doesn't mean you take them and republish them somewhere else.
You might claim fair use if you published it as part of an article, but probably not on GitHub which is intended for using and editing code.
Doesn't using HTTPS prevent such an injection?
A lot of pages aren't https yet though.
I wonder, if I write some HTML/JS code and deny the write to modify, can I send Flash a cease and desist for violation?
You don't have to do that; there are plenty of webpages with GPL'd html and injecting such code into that html without also providing the code under GPL on request to any user is a violation of the GPL. I'm curious if the above copyright infringement would stand in court or not... Copyright infringement normally does need intent and I'm not sure if this is really intent or not.
I'd love to hear a more professional analysis on this angle.
Wow! I was using the WiFi at the Bangalore or Mumbai airport one day when I realised that half of the websites appeared broken in some way. I looked into the code and realised that the WiFi provider was injecting JavaScript ad codes in all the web pages I was visiting. I talked to some people about it, but no one seemed perturbed. Such invasions of privacy are a hallmark of Indian companies. Even more perturbing is t…