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What's wrong with this? I don't want unauthorized infringing projects jeopardizing the service the rest of us use legally and ethically. Invalid DMCAs are anoth
by vortico 8y ago
What's wrong with this? I don't want unauthorized infringing projects jeopardizing the service the rest of us use legally and ethically. Invalid DMCAs are another story, but what's the harm of respecting an IP owner's valid DMCA request?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoIndeed. "I'll leave if they dare comply with the law" seems like a strange argument, even if you disagree with the laws in question. What if it's your copyrights / patents that are being infringed?
- gressquel 8y agoit will become a sterile, homogenous environment. Its the diversity (like the repos mentioned above) that made github the goto code-sharing site. I, for one, would rather jeaopardize the service to defend the rights of such fringe developers. Together we stand.
- vortico 8y agoYou might think that the reason GitHub exists is to be an altruistic public service to all developers, but that's not the case. This is: https://github.com/pricing https://github.com/pricing As a paying user of GitHub and a member of organizations that use its commercial services, it would be completely absurd for them to put a dozen employees out of work because they have to support a pointless lawsuit of not removing an infringing repository that isn't making them any money in the first place.