Interesting that this follows on the heels of the Popcorn Time DMCA takedown: ht...

ad_hominem · on Oct 16, 2014

If it was actually prompted by something, it would probably be the recent Inspeqtor[1] takedown[2][3][4] by Monit.

[1]: https://github.com/mperham/inspeqtor

[2]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/518796150733033472

[3]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/519164948887257090

[4]: https://twitter.com/mperham/status/519326759930454016

junto · on Oct 16, 2014

Just a note concerning this. Popcorn allows users to easily find and watch torrents, which could be illegal copies. Why does the software that enables that fall under a DMCA request? Shouldn't any web browser or search engine also fall under the same rules because they allow me to browse and watch mp4 movies?

opendais · on Oct 16, 2014

No, it isn't. That is from months ago that someone reposted recently.