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It's interesting how many Github counternotices (e.g., [1] [2]) seem completely justified yet link to repositories that are no longer on GitHub. I wonder what h
by quotemstr 6y ago
It's interesting how many Github counternotices (e.g., [1] [2]) seem completely justified yet link to repositories that are no longer on GitHub. I wonder what happened.
[1] in https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-06-quizizz-hack-counternotice.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0... someone forked a permissively-licensed project; the original author made the project-closed source, then issued a DMCA takedown against the fork. That's clearly bogus: you can't revoke an open source license.
[2] in https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/11/2019-11-25-msft.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/11/2019-11-2... Microsoft DMCAd a project that did something with Windows local licensing keys. I can see how Microsoft would prefer that this project not exist, but I see no infringement. Not everything that a big company dislikes is an infringement of copyright.
- judge2020 6y agoJetbrains is also constantly taking down cracks/piracy license servers/etc - see [0,1,2]. 0: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-06-JetBrains.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-0... 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-16-jetbrains.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-1... 2: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/09/2019-09-03-Jetbrains.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/09/2019-09-0...
- junon 6y agoWTF this isn't copyright infringement. This is breach of TOS, technically. They have no grounds to use DMCA takedowns for this. How in the world is Github allowing this?
- resfirestar 6y agoDMCA doesn’t give the service provider much room to adjudicate these claims. The intended way to correct bogus DMCA notices is a counter notice. GitHub’s particular policy says they reinstate content 10-14 days after getting a counter notice, unless the claimant gets a restraining order: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-policy/dmca-takedown-policy https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-...
- Griffinsauce 6y agoDMCA! jazz hands Github basically has no choice here, they must take it down immediately and then they or the creator has to fight to get it back up. The law is set up for DOS attacks.
- nitrogen 6y agoOne of the earlier worries about the DMCA takedown process was that it would be used fraudulently to take down important things right before an election, or during a breaking news window to bury a story. I wonder if anyone has tried that yet.
- sildur 6y agoPity. I really liked rubymine, and while I used it legally, I really dislike abusing the DMCA like that. Time to search for an alternative.
- odensc 6y agoThose repos have a 404 response, which means the user decided to delete it themselves for whatever reason. Repos taken down from DMCA return 451 (unavailable for legal reasons).