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Is there any incentive or law that causes Github to have a DMCA web form? If it's possible, then it would be a good act of protest to require individually sign
by koenigdavidmj 9y ago
Is there any incentive or law that causes Github to have a DMCA web form?
If it's possible, then it would be a good act of protest to require individually signed (by an actual person with a pen, not a picture of a signature), individually snail-mailed requests. This would at least make the process take O(n) time and O(n) money, making it a bit harder to abuse.
- notyourday 9y agoYes, by following DMCA procedures Github stops being liable for its users copyright infringement actions (safe harbor). Should Github not follow procedures defined in DMCA, Github would be on a hook.
- koenigdavidmj 9y agoI'm describing a form of malicious compliance. Is there a legal requirement that the request be a web form? Or is it allowed to provide only a mailing address?
- notyourday 9y agoIt can be anything that provides a commercially reasonable way to contact the entity. So fax/p.o. box/email/web form etc all work.