Google Takes Down Open-Source Project After DMCA Complaint | Linux Today

Google Takes Down Open-Source Project After DMCA Complaint

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 5, 2008

“Google has removed an open-source project that enables the
proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux
following a complaint from the codec’s developer–but the project
could soon return.

“‘In response to a complaint we received under the U.S. Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed project
‘coreavc-for-linux,” Google said in a brief statement posted on
the project hosting section of its Google Code web site for
developers…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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