Spotify wants you in prison for skipping lines of code

[RichardTMiles]

"Spotify's takedown notice is procedurally deficient under 17 USC section 512 in GitHub's own DMCA guidance. Identifies only a PR URL, not specific file paths, and offers no factual explanation of the alleged circumvention. The notice doesn't identify any Spotify code, binaries, or decryption keys within our repository because none exist. Our repositories contain only independently authored patch logic. Patches do not decrypt, extract, or distribute Spotify works. They operate only in lawfully obtained copies that users provide themselves. The asserted technological protection measures are at most business model restrictions, such as timers, skip counters, and the user interface. Courts have repeatedly held that these rules do not constitute effective access controls. Under section 121, C Chamberlain versus Skylink, C Lex Mark versus Static Control in 2004. " - Louis Rossmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFCC9haqB4

I see this as a huge issue, and while the lawyers want to chat (kill open source), I figured I would drop this here to inform you and the general public that this is happening. Apparently, this information is getting taken down quickly (censorship, really, Spotify?), so I'd urge you to inform others without directly disclosing this issue link. The video link above is sufficient.