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Comment by spzb | Hacker News Reader

Hang on. So this is the Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft issuing a takedown notice to Microsoft-owned Github? Sounds like this could have been solved with a couple of internal emails. Or more likely BSA are just going off on one without Microsoft's input.

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>Sounds like this could have been solved with a couple of internal emails

This is actually what I'd least like to see Github become i.e. takedowns based on an internal bigcorp emails, with a pristine PR message sent out only if people complain.

It's much nicer that it's out in the open as it is.

[edit] Not so blatent abuse, apparently the repo included windows iso derivatives...

> Business Software Association acting on behalf of Microsoft.

Oh wait a sec... Another BS third party Github DMCA complaint? This sounds very similar to the "REACT" Github DMCA complaint last month also covered by TF [0]. Where someone was (not) using Casio's software on an ARM SBC inside a plastic Casio case.

"REACT" [1], "BSA" [2]... they are both non-profit, why are they both so comfortable using blatant DMCA abuse as a means to silence content their members disapprove of?

[0] https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mods-old-calculator-to-acces...

[1] https://www.react.org/about-us/

[2] https://www.bsa.org/

"BSA, is a trade group established by Microsoft"

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance)

I still remember the BSA ads against pirate software in the '90s..

“Don’t copy that floppy.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy

So essentially Microsoft is suing Microsoft on behalf of Microsoft?

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