And of course, it traces back to microslop.
This is why software downloads should be self hosted, instead of relying on third party distributors.
Luanti (aka Minetest) removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice
Submitted 2 days ago by tomatoely@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/
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gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
dan1101@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is what I’m running into trying to deGoogle, a lot of apps seem to just be on Google Play or a sketchy APK mirror site.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Aurora Store is good enough for most. It’s still on Google Play, but you’re not using the Google Play app and you can even pick which version and see an Exodus tracking report before you download.
gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
The easiest solution is to use open source alternatives, which can be downloaded directly from developer, use web version of the app, like i do with google documents, or pirate it if it is not available in your region of the store.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
They should at least have sideloading as an option
cosmos8188@leminal.space 1 day ago
Thats also why OS vendors shouldnt be able to restrict app stores to their own proprietary one. “Side loading” is essentially a corporatized definition on what should be a right… Smh.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Won’t whoever shares the files still get a cease and desist?
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Let me guess, just like the FallOut 2 DMCA a few weeks ago, which Bethesda rescinded after learning about it, some third party that uses AI to search for DMCA violations filed yet another false takedown. Again. Most likely without Microsoft even knowing about it.
gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I just cheked, you can literally search “minecraft free” on play store, and find countless minecraft clones there. Why wouldnt googel and microslopt take down this games?
zikzak025@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Probably because none of those “malware in disguise” listings are popular enough to be a threat to their bottom line.
gegil@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Literally the first two results have over 100 millions of downloads each, compared to minecrafts 50
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 days ago
We need to rid the world of AI
TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Lisan al-Gaib!! /s
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Do you think Minecraft and Roblox get DMCA takedown notices from each other?
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lol they kind of have a mutually assured destruction thing going.
LostWanderer@fedia.io 2 days ago
Ugh, feels like the Allumeria situation all over again, Microslop bots were behind that one as well...Only one way to take care of that is to double tap those Slopbots.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ah, yes, someone’s made a business out of hunting for dmca violations… using an ai based watchdog… and because dmca is “shoot first ask questions later”, that makes disruption easy and remedy hard.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 days ago
DMCA isn’t all that unreasonable, though. It’s Google’s implementation of the DMCA policy that fails everyone. The article explains this further, with how instead of adhering to the 14 day restoration requirement in the DMCA law, Google took 46 days to restore this app last time.
The legal remedy here is for the developer to sue Google alongside the false DMCA company. Unfortunately, Google’s response to this kind of thing is to usually ban the developer from Google servers, thereby cutting their future income.
TL;DR Google is the biggest cunt in all of this.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Ftfy
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
It doesn’t make sense at Google’s scale to review each case individually, easier to just ban everything and review those that appeal.
The DMCA is pretty unreasonable for centralized services.