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GitLab also has to comply with DMCA complaints. A quick search brought up their procedure: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/security/operations/abu
by topkai22 6y ago
GitLab also has to comply with DMCA complaints. A quick search brought up their procedure: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/security/operations/abuse/dmca-removal-requests.html https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/security/opera...
They'll still take down a repo and block the user if it is hosted. And self hosting something isn't free, plus quite possibly puts more legal exposure on the team.
This isn't a problem with technologies or the platform. There fundamentally needs to be a narrowing of DMCA, a presumption of innocence rather than guilt, and penalties for issuing unjustified takedowns.
- boogies 6y agoBut ~anyone can host it. Re: your edits, yes, DMCA reform is also important, and quite arguably more so. But decentralizing from GitHub would still slow takedowns down, and have other benefits.
- caleb-allen 6y agoWhat about https://sr.ht https://sr.ht?
- jefftk 6y agoIn general, general purpose hosts are going to want you to fight your own legal battles.