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I think this would allow anyone with enough information on an account to claim it to be their own and have it removed which puts GitHub in a tough spot, DMCA cl
by uo21tp5hoyg 5y ago
I think this would allow anyone with enough information on an account to claim it to be their own and have it removed which puts GitHub in a tough spot, DMCA claims on the other hand have legal ramifications so this route is more difficult to abuse so easily, although as seen with youtube-dl it's still abused sometimes.
- dannyw 5y agoJust imagine if there was a GDPR-like law that allowed for private enforcement.
- Dylan16807 5y agoIf all the commits on an account have person X's name on it, letting person X hide the repo isn't going to do much harm. And you can send an email to the account owner asking if they dispute the claim.