> I thought when someone sends a DMCA request to you, the platform, that you are required to take the content down and wait for a counter notice from that conte

> I thought when someone sends a DMCA request to you, the platform, that you are required to take the content down and wait for a counter notice from that contents author. This is almost correct. GitHub could refuse to take it down and in doing so accept liability for any copyright infringement that exists. If the repository is not infringing (which in this case there's a solid chance it's not), then GitHub is doing nothing wrong. Of course, since the penalties for copyright infringement are so high and defending suits would not be worth it for GitHub, they are effectively required to take it down.