The MPAA has pretty much been beaten at their own game. The controversial toolkit that they were trying to push for Universities to use to help combat piracy has been hit with a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice. Why? They decided somehow that the GPL did not apply to them. The toolkit was based off of Ubuntu, and the GPL states that if they use code licensed by the open-source GPL license, they must make the source code publicly available. The MPAA seems to have decided that they didn't have to follow this as the source was never released. Ubuntu Technical Board Member Matthew Garret sent the takedown notice and as of this morning, the toolkit seems to be no longer available for download from their site.

This toolkit was being pushed to try to get colleges and universities to install on their network to help monitor the students and track those who might be downloading movies, music, etc.

MPAA's University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation [arstechnica.com]

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