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I like Github's policy where they publish all of the takedown requests to a public repository to be viewed by anyone. I hope this can be a standard for other te
by animal_spirits 5y ago
I like Github's policy where they publish all of the takedown requests to a public repository to be viewed by anyone. I hope this can be a standard for other tech companies as well.
- jp42 5y agoIs this the one you are referring to? https://github.com/github/dmca https://github.com/github/dmca
- animal_spirits 5y agoYes that is the one, thanks
- kbenson 5y agoProbably not, DMCA takedowns are not from the government, but from non-governmental entities that claim copyright is being infringed. Governments have the ability to require a request not be made public, so a repo of their requests would not be complete, and I suspect some large offenders would be absent entirely because of that.
- bananapub 5y agodo they really do that? or do you just mean DMCA?
- animal_spirits 5y agoI was just referring to the DMCA notices here https://github.com/github/dmca https://github.com/github/dmca , but I think it is a great idea for transparency.
- h_anna_h 5y agohttps://github.com/github/gov-takedowns https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
- duxup 5y agoThere's a report in there for "xi-winnie-rainbow-fart" ... that's kind of amusing.
- whimsicalism 5y agoDMCA takedowns don't legally compel GH to be quiet about them, my guess is many of the ones above might.
- mannerheim 5y agoThey have government takedown requests from China, Russia, and Spain. https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
- snarf21 5y agoI agree but Australia was trying to pass a law that said they could request encrypted data but the platform was legally not allowed to disclose that such a request/action happened. Even if we had this transparency today, it would quickly become illegal.
- tomjen3 5y agoI am sure Australian restrictions on freedom of speech would not override the US constitution for a US company.