DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1721arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1713arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comDocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square113fedilinkfile-text
Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up130·9 months agoYep, this looks like a blatant abuse of the DMCA by Mazda. Either Mazda is engaging in scummy behavior or they need better lawyers. Either way, it makes me want to never buy another Mazda.
minus-squarestolid_agnosticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoI’ve already added them to my internal list of bad actors I won’t work with.
Yep, this looks like a blatant abuse of the DMCA by Mazda. Either Mazda is engaging in scummy behavior or they need better lawyers. Either way, it makes me want to never buy another Mazda.
I’ve already added them to my internal list of bad actors I won’t work with.