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Andy Maxwell over at TorrentFreak informs us Removing "Annoying" Windows 10 Features is a DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says:
Ninjutsu OS, a new software tool that heavily modifies Windows 10 with a huge number of tweaks, mods and extra tools, has been hit with a DMCA complaint by Microsoft. According to the copyright notice, the customizing, tweaking and disabling of Windows 10 features, even when that improves privacy, amounts to a violation of Microsoft's software license.
Since Windows was first released, people have been modifying variants of the world-famous operating system to better fit their individual requirements.
Many of these tweaks can be carried out using tools provided within the software itself but the recently-released Ninjutsu OS aims to take Windows 10 modding to a whole new level.
Released on May 7, Ninjutsu OS claims to take Windows 10 and transform it into a penetration testing powerhouse, adding huge numbers of tools (around 800) aimed at security experts, a few for regular users (qBitTorrent and Tor Browser, for example) while also removing features considered unwanted or unneeded in such an environment.
[...] According to the complaint, the above actions by Ninjutsu OS as mentioned on its Github page provide a "work around technical restrictions of the software", something which supposedly violates Microsoft's software license terms.
[...] "As such, we request that you please act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the specific pages/links described above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of Microsoft content, via your company's network, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §512(d)," the DMCA complaint adds.
At first view, some may conclude that Ninjutsu OS amounts to a heavily modified yet pirated version of Windows 10. However, a video explaining how the software works [24m28s] suggests that users will actually need their own license for a genuine copy of Windows 10 to get the modifications up and running properly. Ninjutsu's creator informs TF that's indeed the case.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:32PM
I can't make the changes you're requesting to this software. The vendor you bought the software from does not allow me to make those changes. I cited the licensing agreement they agreed to when they purchased the software, the CFAA and the DMCA.
But the bitches came at me with their all men conspiracy theory, accused me of hiding the secret programming secrets that would enable people with menstrual cycles to program. I learned from feminists that computers can tell whether the person behind the keyboard has a dick or not, and that the chemtrails deployed by the all men conspiracy make it so that only people with dicks can operate computers. So much sexual harassment was directed at me. and other, worse things
They acted like the DMCA didn't even exist. The bitches in the other department started invented regulations, which they couldn't even name or cite. It was so fucking dumb.
I guess the DMCA is enforceable after all, and holy shit this case is almost the exact same thing as that situation!
Feminism needs to pull its head out of its ass and find a progressive orientation instead of inventing right-wing conspiracy theories based on fake news and revisionist history. Feminism is the reason there are no women programmers.