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I think it's worth mentioning that even if an easylist filter entry counts as "circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access" -- which

I think it's worth mentioning that even if an easylist filter entry counts as "circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access" -- which I think is debatable for multiple reasons -- the DMCA takedown procedure only covers copyright infringement. It does not apply to anti-circumvention measures. As Admiral's blog post points out, Github recommends using the same contact procedure for anti-circumvention takedown requests as for normal DMCA takedowns. But as far as I can tell, they're doing so purely on their own initiative; such a takedown request doesn't have the force of law in the same sense that a claim of copyright infringement does.

15155 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... It most certainly does apply to anti-circumvention in many cases.
- teraflop 9y ago
  I don't understand how your comment is a response to mine. Could you please clarify? The DMCA is a set of laws. The DMCA takedown procedure is a part of those laws, defined in a fairly rigid way: it has specific notification requirements, timeframes, and is clearly defined to only apply to copyright infringement. Just because the DMCA also prohibits circumvention, it doesn't automatically follow that circumvention is the same as copyright infringement. And the Wikipedia section that you linked to doesn't mention the takedown process at all.
  - codedokode 9y ago
    But nothing prevents Admiral from notifying Github about a DMCA violation informally and Github removing the code.
- moogly 9y ago
  But isn't that referring to DRM?
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chad-autry 9y ago
> Github recommends using the same contact procedure for anti-circumvention takedown requests as for normal DMCA takedowns I made this mistake to, Admiral's blog post does imply it. However, they were making a DMCA take down request, based off the reasoning it was for anti-circumvention.

15155 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... It most certainly does apply to anti-circumvention in many cases.

teraflop 9y ago
I don't understand how your comment is a response to mine. Could you please clarify? The DMCA is a set of laws. The DMCA takedown procedure is a part of those laws, defined in a fairly rigid way: it has specific notification requirements, timeframes, and is clearly defined to only apply to copyright infringement. Just because the DMCA also prohibits circumvention, it doesn't automatically follow that circumvention is the same as copyright infringement. And the Wikipedia section that you linked to doesn't mention the takedown process at all.
- codedokode 9y ago
  But nothing prevents Admiral from notifying Github about a DMCA violation informally and Github removing the code.
moogly 9y ago
But isn't that referring to DRM?

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chad-autry 9y ago

> Github recommends using the same contact procedure for anti-circumvention takedown requests as for normal DMCA takedowns I made this mistake to, Admiral's blog post does imply it. However, they were making a DMCA take down request, based off the reasoning it was for anti-circumvention.