Entitlement and greed in the digital age never cease to amaze me…

Since the age of entitlement is upon us, why not highlight the problems and idiocy that is prevalent in today’s world with another story of someone/group abusing and using DMCA to stifle forward progress. Today’s story-o-stupidity centers around an iPhone app named “StationStops” (iTunes Link) and the MTA. StationStops as you can gather from the name, provides offline access to train arrival/departure times for New York’s metropolitan train lines. The problem is that the MTA is throwing out the now all too common complaint of a DMCA violation as they claim the train schedules and data are copyrighted intellectual property. The developer, Chris, believes stalled negotiations with the MTA is the reason they’re being less than hospitable.