Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice(blog.luanti.org)
515 points by miniBill 13 days ago | 151 comments
tl;dr: Luanti (formerly Minetest), an open-source voxel game-creation platform, was pulled from Google Play after Tracer.AI filed an AI-generated DMCA notice on Microsoft's behalf alleging Minecraft copyright infringement, despite Luanti shipping with no Minecraft assets or code. This is the second such bogus takedown from the same company—the first in 2023 took 46 days to reverse, exceeding DMCA's 10-14 business day limit. The Luanti team has filed a counter-notice and is calling on Microsoft, Tracer.AI, and Google to stop rubber-stamping unverified AI-driven copyright claims.
HN Discussion:
  • Praises the article's clarity and criticizes DMCA abuse by bad actors
  • Microsoft should be held accountable and fire responsible lawyers
  • Questions potential fraud in Tracer.AI's jurisdictional claims
  • Proposes systemic fixes like bonds or penalties for frivolous DMCA notices
  • ~Solution is to diversify away from Google Play Store