• trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Good point. Nothing in the article explicitly states that it’s a copyright claim, but they do mention “protecting… [their] intellectual property”. In any case, it’s always easier for the website host to fold to cover their own asses than to continue hosting the content.

    • psud@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      The letter from haier says it is a beach of TOS. It’s directly a “take it down or we’ll delete your account” letter