I look forward to their next DMCA notice to GitHub, to take down their takedown notice, since it contains copyrighted images.
I don't understand how playing an unlicensed torrent makes the source code to the software infringe on the DMCA. Shouldn't they also send pictures of the computers which are running Popcorntime to the computer manufacturers and tell them that they are infringing for enabling Popcorntime? And pictures of the running software to GNU for creating the compilers that compiled the code?
>I don't understand how playing an unlicensed torrent makes the source code to the software infringe on the DMCA.
Because when all you have is a hammer, all of your problems begin to look like nails.
The DMCA gives the MPAA a hammer to go after copyright infringement. It is significantly easier to just apply that hammer to the hosting company of the software to try to make the software go away than it is to apply that hammer to the actual copyright infringement (one application vs. thousands of applications). So they just apply the hammer to that which they can apply it.
I don't understand how playing an unlicensed torrent makes the source code to the software infringe on the DMCA. Shouldn't they also send pictures of the computers which are running Popcorntime to the computer manufacturers and tell them that they are infringing for enabling Popcorntime? And pictures of the running software to GNU for creating the compilers that compiled the code?