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> If that's correct, then can you really criticize github for following an odious law? You can criticize them and you should.It is their choice to run GitHub i
by einpoklum 6y ago
> If that's correct, then can you really criticize github for following an odious law?
You can criticize them and you should.It is their choice to run GitHub in a US jurisdiction. Many other places in the world are not as repressive.
(Plus, I'm betting there's at least some mechanism to reject frivolous DMCA takedown requests immediately.)
- colejohnson66 6y agoIf Microsoft moved GitHub out of the US, Microsoft is still a US company and subject to their laws. Microsoft could move out, but the Long Arm of the US Law(tm) won’t care if the executives live in the US.
- einpoklum 6y ago1. So GitHub should not have been sold to Microsoft. 2. Microsoft could spin off GitHub into a separate, non-US entity, outside its legal control for purposes of DMCA enforcement. Of course, it obviously won't do that, since it doesn't help the bottom line.