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Re:LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI by integraton on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:55PM (#5333842)
This is a legal issue. It's not a joke. It looks like LayerVault's founder turned quickly to legal bullying in a situation where he apparently has little to no justification. Just responding to and dealing with a DMCA notice like this would cost hundreds or thousands of dollars in attorney fees.

People who drag others into expensive, unwarranted legal situations are a blight on the entrepreneurial community.

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Re:LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI by dangrossman on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @04:43PM (#5334188)
> Just responding to and dealing with a DMCA notice like this would cost hundreds or thousands of dollars in attorney fees

No, responding to and dealing with a DMCA notice takes 5 minutes and a couple keystrokes. You send a counternotice, a simple e-mail you can copy and paste from any number of examples. There are no attorneys fees until there's an actual lawsuit, and there's never going to be one here.

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Re:LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI by ben0x539 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @10:48PM (#5335948)
5 minutes and then 10 days until github is allowed to act on the counternotice?
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Re:LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI by integraton on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @04:50PM (#5334245)
Legal issues should be dealt with by attorneys, period. Mishandled legal issues can, and frequently do, become very messy and expensive.
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