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Re:Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project by starwed on Monday April 25, 2011 @06:42PM (#2483228)
Go back and reread the article. The recipient of the supposed takedown notice is listed as being... dropbox.
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Re:Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project by arkitaip on Monday April 25, 2011 @08:06PM (#2483438)
That's interesting: how could Dropbox be the recipient if their system is automated as stated by the founders?
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Re:Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project by starwed on Monday April 25, 2011 @08:23PM (#2483487)
There's another comment that has a pretty good theory -- the form the tool uses probably has a field that asks you to fill in who requested the file(s) be removed.

(The dropbox guy already has said he used an internal tool developed to remove files, without realizing that it would send this DMCA notice notice.)

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