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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by dogma1138 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:47PM (#24880322)
Again invocation of the DMCA against whom, the original license issuer for that specific project or for any party and cause?

The patent clause in Apache is rather common in various FRAND and open standard agreements to prevent the project from being taken hostage in disputes between corporations.

If you apply something similar to a wide spread license like GPL for example it means that if I’m hosting a website running on FOSS with this license software that hosts say copies of Netflix shows Netflix can’t use DMCA against me because they also use FOSS software under the same license.

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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by e12e on Saturday October 24, 2020 @01:26PM (#24880610)
Yes, the idea would be to kill takedown requests. Perhaps limit it to requests for takedown requests against software, not other media?

Again, I'm not saying this is a good idea - but it's an idea.

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