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		rprasad on April 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project It's illegal only if it was intentional. A mistakenly sent DMCA request is okay, as long as the sender follows up with a disregard notice.

rubyrescue on April 26, 2011 | [–]

but what he's saying is he sent a notice of a DMCA takedown, not an actual takedown request.

shadowpwner on April 26, 2011 | [–]

Was it?

ugh on April 26, 2011 | [–]

There were no takedown requests. The whole discussion is moot.

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