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Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Dehydrated@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That would be illegal, and you should absolutely not do that. Just like you shouldn’t clone the invidious repos just in case (/s)

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It may or may not be illegal, they're just throwing their weight around under the suggestion that it's illegal. Knowing well that a single dev working on a plugin in their freetime isn't likely to want to invest in legal proceedings.

Which is even more reason to do the above, to stick it to them.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 6 points 10 months ago

Streisand Effect this bitch.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why would it be illegal? A cease and desist is just a fancy letter saying do what we want or else we'll go crying to a judge. If the original dev hasn't done anything wrong (I'm not familiar with the project but I'd still say that's highly likely to be the case) then there's nothing to worry about. So make all the clones you want, and watch a dumbass company Streisand itself

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Yes i know, it is why I am telling you NOT to do it. Nope. Don’t do it. At all.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

If I were the dev, I'd want to either comply or get a lawyer, and getting a lawyer is expensive.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I haven't seen any notice, sounds legal to me.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It wouldn't be illegal if you hosted it in a country where there is no law against such a thing, and/or Haier does not have any presence which would grant them legal standing. Is anyone running a server farm in Sealand yet?