> Looking more closely at the takedown notice, we see that it was sent by the “brand protection analyst” at Incopro, which is one of Adobe’s anti-piracy partners<p>There's a whole secondary and very interesting story to be told here about the nasty relationship that has formed between copyright holders and these firms specializing in takedowns that cling to them like barnacles on a whale.<p>It's obviously tempting to outsource a job like tracking down copyright violations which doesn't play in to any of your business's competencies, but it also seems quite likely that the companies who provide this "service" typically do so in a way that looks good on a paper report that a manager at the host company receives, but doesn't actually benefit them optimally for the money they spend on it.<p>Takedown companies seem to go after violations that will net them the fastest and most reliable takedown rates. They want to run up the score so that they can say "last month, we took down 5482 violations of your copyright in Adobe Reader" or what have you. This means, largely, going after posts and uploads on sites that have "quick service" DMCA takedowns like Twitter and YouTube. You're not investing time on random websites that may or may not even respond. No human intelligence is required (indeed, even desirable) in this process. It's effectively humans being paid the lowest possible wage to do an automated job. In some cases I suppose it's probably fully automated.
This one is quite fascinating. It comes with a highres GUI mimicking Windows 3.1. I wonder how big the market was in 1993 for graphical applications running on pure DOS.<p>Screenshots: <a href="https://winworldpc.com/screenshot/106ec2b0-c389-1cc3-8411-c3a4e284a2ef" rel="nofollow">https://winworldpc.com/screenshot/106ec2b0-c389-1cc3-8411-c3...</a>
I think software that is no longer supported should go into the public domain.<p>If I can't buy it or get support, then I shouldn't have to worry about copying it.<p>Actually, this should be valid for everything.
Antique software is often preserved better on pirate websites than through official channels.<p>Earlier this week I was setting up an iPod Touch 2G for a friend, maximum iOS 4.2.1, made in 2008. I wanted to install Springtomize, a paid tweak. The Cydia store has shut down, so there's no way to legally buy it. The pirate sites were no longer hosting such an old version.<p>In the end I emailed the developer, and he was super excited and encouraged that someone is still using his code! He sent me the deb file for free, which installed perfectly of course. He's now working for Apple as a security researcher.<p>I'm glad that the Internet Archive tries hard to allow people to upload antique data, and endures the DMCA troubles that come with that. Hopefully WinWorldPC will prevail against Adobe in this case too; and I wonder whether the EFF can help.
We need to have a DMCA day every year where everyone sends a 100 notices each to take down random content and preferably targeting content of politicians. Its the only way to raise awareness and also make companies not blindly remove content. If costs become high, they will lobby for more restrictive use of these notices.
<i>"This [software] is antique. It belongs in a museum, not in a DMCA claim,"</i> Hyppönen tells TorrentFreak. <i>"The original tweets stays up. It’s just a link to a site hosted by someone else. If needed, I’ll fight Adobe."</i><p>Why does he think he stands a chance? It's not like he linked to a library.
This is a very good example of why so-called "intellectual property" (and "private property" as a sacred right) needs to be abolished entirely. It's just a tool of social control that prevents people from sharing/studying things, and makes people die from diseases that we know how to cure (pharmaceutical patents).
I know many services that designed to remove pirated copies and do all the takedown on your behalf.<p>This sounds like one of those.
Companies might have multiple such services.<p>What's indeed odd is the takedown is on the referral.
That installer brings back memories. When I was a kid, I would wonder how it managed to render its own UI and look so different from all the other DOS executables.
Well, I suppose they do have the rights. Despite the one abomination that Adobe has birthed (Flash), I'm actually still a big fan, and subscriber. Adobe After Effects is impressive. I pirated it as a kid, and I proudly pay for it now :)