Cease and Desist of Facebook and Instagram - Barinsta

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Dear Mr. Huang,

Please open, read, and respond to the attached letter on behalf of Facebook, Inc.

Thank you.

Gabriella Gallego | Perkins Coie LLP

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Attachments:

1. Barinsta_-_C26D.pdf

[Androz2091]

How to fuck one year of work in 10 minutes.

[Rexogamer]

Anonymous access? I though Barinsta required an account, unless they're referring to the privacy features 🤔

[brianrobt]

Aside from the list of demands being harsh, hypocritical, and unreasonable, in the end, if the claims are true, it sounds like Barinsta did violate FB's ToS.

[heiwiper]

This is really sad, I feel devastated and I haven't even contributed to this project, I really hope you get over this...
I would like to ask if it would hurt if I keep using the installed app ? Although I am considering leaving the platform at this point, it's just not worth it anymore.

[mubashir-rehman]

then why is https://github.com/harismuneer/Ultimate-Facebook-Scraper still alive?

[mubashir-rehman]

and how the fuck public data is Facebook's property?

[aarushchaudhary]

Facebook is the one who should be banned.
Lets sign a petition on change.org against facebook.

[brianrobt]

and how the fuck public data is Facebook's property?

The data may be displayed publicly but that doesn't mean it's free domain. A general rule to follow is that if it's on their platform, they own it.

[FrenchGithubUser]

Then removing the anonymous access from barinsta and making the use of an account mandatory would be fine according to facebook's concerns ?

@mubashir-rehman

and how the fuck public data is Facebook's property?

https://research.mit.edu/integrity-and-compliance/export-control/information-documents/publicly-available-public-domain-open
Public domain is not the same as public (publicly available) information.

[eocow]

@ThomasTraineau idea of removing the anon feature would work. That's is their main demand. Also a counter argument that stories can be screenshotted and screen recorded on nearly all OSs that use instagram.

[tentacleuno]

I'm sorry, Austin. Here's hoping someone totally anonymous takes over and keeps the project going.

[joepie91]

For the record: this is an intimidation letter, they're pretty common unfortunately. While it may be a valid cease-and-desist, that doesn't mean that you need to comply with the long list of demands listed in the letter, certainly not within the 48 hours stated there. In fact, providing the demanded information can weaken your legal position.

Talk to a lawyer first, and follow their advice!

[jfwerner]

Agree with @joepie91.

Especially the "tell us all domains you own" is proabably 100% bs. (though IANAL).

All that aside, is anyone surprised? Of course Facebook won't like it that you can watch stories from people without the read marker