EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown request

Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by e_proxus on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:34AM (#14978624)

I wonder how it would hold up in court, since EasyList is just a list, not the technology itself (like uBlock for example).

Could my comment "Everyone, please block functionalclam.com" also be subject of a DMCA takedown request then?

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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by MichaelBurge on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:07AM (#14978808)

Anyone can send you a scary letter claiming anything at any time. Your choices are always A. Ignore it B. Delete your comment or C. Pay a lawyer $500/hour for advice.

People have trouble conceptualizing small probabilities, so that minimum threshold of choosing A and being wrong times "all the money in the world"[1] might be > $500, so it's always rational[2] to delete your comment if you don't want to schedule time with a lawyer.

[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/riaa_thinks_limewire_o...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging

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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by OzzyB on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:54AM (#14979106)

So in other words, scary letters work because they're scary and make people scared. Sounds like the more people choose C the more these scary letters become self-fulfilling.

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