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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by r3bl on Saturday January 31, 2015 @11:18PM (#8979146)
I've recently (and when I say recently, I mean less than 24 hours ago) found out that one nationally known tabloid actually copied my work on their site without any indications on where they found out about it. Of course, they haven't even put a link to the original work (which I published on my blog), but they were kind enough to let their readers know that "researchers" found out about it.

I can't even explain how frustrated I currently am by their action.

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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by krzysz00 on Saturday January 31, 2015 @11:28PM (#8979161)
Could you use a DMCA-like thing to get them to stop doing that?
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by r3bl on Sunday February 01, 2015 @12:02AM (#8979221)
Although they clearly broke my CY-BY-SA license by not sharing their work under the same license and not giving me any attribution, I'm not exactly sure what can I do to take it down, Hiring a lawyer for this is not an option for me considering that I'm just a student on a low budget.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by krzysz00 on Sunday February 01, 2015 @12:29AM (#8979259)
As this comment's uncle pointed out, you can probably find a "fill in the blank" DMCA notice somewhere on the net.

If that doesn't work, many lawyers give free consultations (AFAIK), and there's probably someone willing to take the case in exchange for X% of the settlement.

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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by tomcam on Sunday February 01, 2015 @03:13AM (#8979478)
Send to their ISP. Usually that's very efficient.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by ciupicri on Sunday February 01, 2015 @08:51AM (#8979857)
That could work, but I think that in the case of a "nationally known tabloid" chances are low.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by fapjacks on Sunday February 01, 2015 @12:02AM (#8979220)
AFAIK anybody can use the DMCA just like the record labels are using to take down tons of Youtube videos. There are customizable form letters out there for this very purpose.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by psykovsky on Sunday February 01, 2015 @04:34AM (#8979552)
DMCA only works in the USA. I work for a Portuguese record label and we get ignored when we ask the local Youtube copycats to remove our copyrighted content. I even suspect they download the videos from Youtube to upload on their services. And I'm talking about sites owned by the biggest telecommunications providers.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by tokenizerrr on Sunday February 01, 2015 @08:40AM (#8979835)
Sure, DMCA is an American legal construct. At this point it'd be a good idea to get in touch with a lawyer and see with the appropriate course of action for your country is.
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Re:Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project by psykovsky on Monday February 02, 2015 @02:32PM (#8986306)
Didn't you read the part about the sites being owned by the biggest telecom companies? They sue people for €10 debts (or they used to while they were allowed) because they have an army of lawyers receiving paychecks, needing to work to justify those paychecks... At most, we, a small indie record label, would be a welcome distraction to those guys.
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