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- Dave On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:43, James Rhodes <[email protected]>wrote: > I honestly could not find any kind of report system for projects on > Google Code, so I'm posting this here hoping that someone with the > ability to do something might see it. > > The XBMC project provides users with access to illegally ripped TV > shows through it's plugin system. Such illegal plugins are endorsed > by the XBMC project from what I've discussed with them on IRC and the > fact that they are hosting the plugins which provide lists to illegal > content themselves on their Google Code subversion repository (which > can be found > http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons/source/browse/trunk#trunk/plugins/video > ). > You'll notice that some of those plugins provide access to legal > services, while others provide lists to illegal content, such as > specific TV series hosted on Megavideo and other locations (e.g. > Mythbusters and Family Guy are both examples of plugins that provide > direct access to illegally hosted content). > > I've talked with the people on their IRC channel and they have no > intention of removing the infringing content. However, since this is > a clear violation of copyright, I thought it best to attempt to > contact Google about the matter and get them to resolve it. Since > there is no other way to report illegal content other than sending a > DCMA notice (and since I am not the copyright owner of this content, I > cannot do that), I have sent this email to the mailing list. > > Hopefully this infringing content can be removed soon. > > Regards, James. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hosting at Google Code" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code-hosting%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en. > > > -- Google Switzerland GmbH Brandschenkestrasse 110, Zurich, Switzerland 8002 Zurich Identifikationsnummer: CH-020.4.028.116-1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
