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Combatting Censorship in the "Civilised World": The Media Blackout Surrounding EPO Strikes and Other Large-Scale Actions

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 24, 2026,
updated Feb 24, 2026

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We recently said that the media intentionally does not participate in covering EPO affairs. Even when a top-tier manager gets caught doing cocaine. Newsworthy? Naaa!! They'd pretend that never happened. ~1,600 workers on strike? Crickets!! Not interesting!

We've just mentioned the increasingly realistic prospect of very profound changes despite the fact that the media intentionally does not participate in reporting EPO affairs (they know it's happening! They choose not to report!) and an associate has since asked, what does the public need to be reminded of (yet again)?

Well, to us it seems like the media silence is the issue (because it is a gateway to - or gatekeeper - to the public); the media is resorting to cowardice and falling back on money. The cocaine addicts bribe a lot of the major media (sometimes academic too) and, failing that, issue threats to it. We - collectively speaking - cannot afford to keep the Office in the hands of a "Mafia". It's morbidly bad or deeply unhealthy to European democracy and justice.

And what about Wikipedia? When it comes to patents and the EPO, it's basically just a large set of ads, sold to us as "articles" (composed by law firms and spinners, not scholars).

"Part of that is the fact that Wikipedia has been the playground for corporate interests for over a decade and a half," an associate reminds us today. "That prevents any technical information which might lead to interoperability to be hidden or outright deleted."

He said this in relation to an old article that links to this wiki: (already flagged on the basis of "Inappropriate Tone/Word Usage")

Mazda brand cars enable remote access to certain vehicle functions via servers owned by the company. To access these functions, Mazda provides an official app for smartphones. After an open-source project emerged that integrated support for Mazda vehicles into the Home Assistant suite, Mazda issued a false DMCA takedown notice, causing the project to be abandoned. A year after the incident, Mazda introduced a subscription model into its app, which costs $10/month, locking the previously free features behind a paywall.

Background

Many Mazda vehicles offer remote access to various car functions. These features include starting the engine remotely, rolling the windows up or down, and checking the fuel level. To control the car remotely, Mazda offers an official app for your phone that connects to a server, which then transmits the data to the vehicle.

Programmer Brandon Rothweiler released an open-source tool that integrates Mazda connectivity features into the open-source home management software "Home Assistant". This open platform enables users to access their products, which incorporate Mazda connectivity features into the open-source home management software "Home Assistant". Home Assistant is an open platform that allows users to access their products through integrations that integrate Mazda connectivity features into the open-source home management software "Home Assistant". This platform enables users to access their products via these individually created integrations. The program functions in essentially the same way as Mazda's official app, connecting to Mazda's servers that control your car remotely.

DMCA takedown notice and subsequent subscription fee

On October 10, 2023, Mazda issued a DMCA takedown notice to GitHub, claiming that the integration adding connectivity to Mazda vehicles infringes on their intellectual property rights by stealing code from their official app and requesting that it, along with forks of the project, be to GitHub claiming the integration that adds connectivity with Mazda vehicles infringes on their intellectual property rights by stealing code from their official app and wanted it, along with forks of the project, removed from the website. The developer did not want to challenge the claims and took down the repository within a few days to avoid potential legal repercussions. With the repository and all its forks gone, the integration was also removed from the Home Assistant app.

Code from Mazda's official app is not required to develop a tool that functions similarly. The server's API is freely accessible and figuring out how to interact with it can be done entirely without infringing on anyone's copyright.

Not removed, at least not yet. Censorship of the censorship evidence? Coming soon?

Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app

This is how EPO management typically tries to persuade people not to pay attention to us. Sometimes solicitors also defame us. Anything to attack the messenger, discouraging exposure of the message. █

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