According to [Matthew] Garret [member of Ubuntu's technical board], several attempts were made to contact the MPAA before a takedown notice was sent directly to the ISP. "MPAA don't f*** with my s***," wrote Garret in a blog entry. "I did attempt to contact them by e-mail and phone before resorting to the more obnoxious behavior of contacting the ISP."

Although the MPAA's failure to comply with copyright law in this case is a delicious irony, it won't permanently prevent distribution of the antipiracy software toolkit. The MPAA will likely make the software available for download again after figuring out how to adhere to the stipulations imposed by the GPL. The most straightforward way to resolve the problem would be to post a notice next to the download link that provides contact information and affirms willingness to provide the source code upon request.

Perhaps the problem is that copyrights so complex even professionals in that field have trouble, or perhaps a sense of entitlement leads some of us to not bother to check copyrights, or perhaps, some people just don't care about other's copyrights.