Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti

(blog.luanti.org)

41 points by daper3 hours ago

3 comments

tescreal1 hour ago
>Microsoft uses Luanti for researchGlad they protect Luanti's copyright & fund development.
- noir_lord57 minutes ago
 It's funnier than that.> We prefer Luanti over Minecraft due to its open-source design and expressive Lua API, which facilitates data collection and experimentation. - Says notoriously opaque corporation when it comes to anything closed source.
 - jraph33 minutes ago
 Says the corporation which bought Minecraft more than a decade ago yeah!!<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft-buys-minecraft-creator-mojang-for-25bn" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft...</a> (via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#:~:text=On%2015,property)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#:~:text=On%2015,prop...</a>
mkesper1 hour ago
They should really finance some of the Luanti team's expenses.
mschuster911 hour ago
Yeah time for some payback. DMCA claims are supposed to be filed "under the penalty of perjury", so I think it's time for at least one executive to feel some consequence for once.
- quotemstr1 hour ago
 The perjury part of the DMCA doesn't do what you (and most people) think. It attaches only to the DMCA claimant's authority to act on behalf of the copyright he's alleging is being infringed. It does not attach to the veracity of the allegation itself.For example, the copyright holder for Bad Apple could face a perjury charge if he issued a DMCA takedown request alleging that something on the internet violates the copyright to Snow White (which he presumably does not own), but would not risk a perjury (in particular) penalty for issuing a takedown request for "Stairway to Heaven", the King James Bible, and the Linux kernel alleging that these things violate Bad Apple's copyright.
 - colejohnson6657 minutes ago
 For context, GitHub's DMCA form has this assertion:> I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
 - quotemstr53 minutes ago
 I don't think GitHub or any other private party gets to decide what attaches to the perjury clause. A contract can impose liabilities, but it can't create a crime out of thin air.