Re:Show HN: HTML5 version of StarCraft
by Kiro on Monday September 07, 2015 @06:11AM
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He's not from the US so what exactly is he risking here apart from the repo being taken down?
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You haven't noticed the global reach of US copyright law yet? If it doesn't reach there yet, they keep trying to extend it (see free trade treaties).
Re:Show HN: HTML5 version of StarCraft
by Vespasian on Monday September 07, 2015 @07:18AM
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To be honest, StarCraft is probably protected in most countries and don't believe that it is hard for Blizzard to find a local lawyer willing to take the case if the want to.
Please never take "not from the US so what" as a credible form of protection against any US actor, be it corporate or govermental.
There's many ways someone can still screw you, starting from making your travel to the US tricky to much worse, depending on the circumstances and what international agreements allow.
Famous last words.
As if Blizzard had no way to hire lawyers elsewhere. And maybe he wants to travel to the United States someday?
Blizzard can send a DMCA takedown to github and github must ASAP take down the repo regardless of if there was actual copyright infringement. I've seen github developers send DMCA requests to take down other developers repos before...