Hackerrank runs a business which helps companies test candidates by doing code challenges.
Presumedly they don't invent every test from scratch - more likely they plagiarise existing tests and profit from them - which isn't really a problem until they start treating it as their own IP
Seems like probably someone at hackerrank added a classic code challenge to their library (FizzBuzz)
And presumedly this then resulted in their legal team/bots going out and initiating DMCA takedowns
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 24.7 ms ] threadPresumedly they don't invent every test from scratch - more likely they plagiarise existing tests and profit from them - which isn't really a problem until they start treating it as their own IP
Seems like probably someone at hackerrank added a classic code challenge to their library (FizzBuzz)
And presumedly this then resulted in their legal team/bots going out and initiating DMCA takedowns
Good Ol' late stage capitalism ...
However, Spolsky's 2007 FizzBuzz post predates the existence of Hackerrank (2012) by five years.
Since they seem to enjoy that sort of thing, can a suit be brought against Hackerrank for copyright infringement?
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