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Re:A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression by freedomben on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:18PM (#25090024)
It seems like a pretty concrete step to me: Sign the agreement not to DMCA take down a FOSS project until they've had 30 days to comply.

Sadly though I think you're right, it won't actually make a difference. Even if somehow he did get everybody to sign, they'd surely find some other way to attack.

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Re:A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression by wmf on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:39PM (#25090342)
The open source projects that I can think of that violate section 1201 are doing it intentionally, like DeCSS and now this Widevine crack. There's no way for these projects to comply and they don't want to.
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Re:A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression by Thorrez on Saturday November 14, 2020 @12:29AM (#25090516)
Yes, and with GPL violations there's a path forward that doesn't involve shutting down: release your source code. With DRM breakers, there is no such path forward, the only way to get into compliance is to shut down.
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Re:A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown Aggression by jchook on Saturday November 14, 2020 @07:08AM (#25091832)
Can’t see any obvious benefit for the company’s signing the agreement other than a PR opportunity.
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