Skipscreen Blog » c&d http://skipscreen.com/blog Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:21:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 MediaFire tells Mozilla to ban SkipScreen from addons.mozilla.org http://skipscreen.com/blog/2009/10/mediafire-tells-mozilla-to-ban-skipscreen-from-addons-mozilla-org/ http://skipscreen.com/blog/2009/10/mediafire-tells-mozilla-to-ban-skipscreen-from-addons-mozilla-org/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:25:32 +0000 skipper http://skipscreen.com/blog/2009/10/mediafire-tells-mozilla-to-ban-skipscreen-from-addons-mozilla-org/ Mozilla has told us they received a takedown from Mediafire, demanding they pull SkipScreen from addons.mozilla.org.

Mozilla gave us about 24 hours (until the end of the west-coast business day today) to respond to some questions about what SkipScreen does, or they said they would remove it from the directory. We’re working on this.

More news soon. In the meantime, read the takedown.

Update: The EFF wrote our reply to Mozilla, and sent it on our behalf. I think it’s fair to say they think Mediafire’s claims are off-the-wall. Read the reply.

Meanwhile, in anticipation of a Mozilla takedown, furtive copies of SkipScreen began appearing on Mediafire ;)

Another Update: EFF’s Fred von Lohmann has posted a legal analysis explaining why Mediafire’s claims are bogus and putting this in the context of a long running battle (one it’s important the public win). Yet again, the EFF rules.

Final Update: Skipscreen safe, for now!

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