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Yeah, sorry. I took a lazy shortcut there. What I meant was "they targeted the URL of rust's package manager and took a link to it down". It was less about the impact and more about how they couldn't claim that they honestly thought ("good faith") they had any claim on that page. But from all I can find that doesn't matter since there don't seem to be any repercussions for these kinds of takedowns.


I figured. Even in spite of my checking, there was a kernel of panic in my stomach when I read your statement, so I had to double check. ;)

I'd imagine anyone quickly perusing the comments might've had a similar thought!

You're absolutely right, though. It really doesn't matter: The DMCA protects content owners to the detriment of innocent parties.




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