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My GitHub fork of anthropics/claude-code just got taken down with a DMCA notice lol It did not have a copy of the leaked code... Anthropic thinking 1) they ca

My GitHub fork of anthropics/claude-code just got taken down with a DMCA notice lol It did not have a copy of the leaked code... Anthropic thinking 1) they can unring this bell, and 2) removing forks from people who have contributed (well, what little you can contribute to their repo), is ridiculous. --- DMCA: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2026/03/2026-03-31-anthropic.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2026/03/2026-03-3... GitHub's note at the top says: "Note: Because the reported network that contained the allegedly infringing content was larger than one hundred (100) repositories, and the submitter alleged that all or most of the forks were infringing to the same extent as the parent repository, GitHub processed the takedown notice against the entire network of 8.1K repositories, inclusive of the parent repository."

wklm 6mo ago
Here's a codeberg fork I did: https://codeberg.org/wklm/claude-code https://codeberg.org/wklm/claude-code
redanddead 6mo ago
their lawyers for the DoD thing are being billed either way, they're putting them to use Anthropic really needs to embrace it
Aperocky 6mo ago
wow, it's also not like their code was actually good (though this apply to most enterprise software). To hide a client behind closed source (it's also typescript, so even more baffling) is laughable behavior.
- stbenjam 6mo ago
  Yea this is the thing that makes no sense to me. Any frontier model can unmiminize minified JS pretty decently. Obviously not everything comes through, comments and such, but I always assumed the reason it wasn't open source was to prevent an endless shitstorm of AI slop PR's, not because they were trying to protect secret sauce.
- flutas 6mo ago
  I'm also wondering if it's even legally valid? They constantly love to talk about Claude Code being "100%" being vibe coded...and the US legal system is leaning towards that not being copyrightable. It could still be a trade secret, but that doesn't fall under a DMCA take down.
  - tempaccount420 6mo ago
    You're confused, AI can't itself hold copyright, but the human who triggered the AI to write the code holds the copyright instead.
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    - spacechild1 6mo ago
      IIUC, a person can only claim copyright if they have significantly transformed the output. Unaltered LLM output is not copyrightable per US court decisions. The whole thing is a legal mess. How do you know the LLM did not reproduce existing code? There is an ongoing legal battle in German between GEMA and OpenAI because ChatGPT reproduced parts of existing song lyrics. A court in Munich has found that this violates German copyright law.
      - altmanaltman 6mo ago
        I think you're misunderstanding copyright and ownership. A copyright over code means that ONLY you can use that code, and nobody else; otherwise, you can sue them. For example, if you are an arist, you want to protect your IP this way. Yes, AI generated code is not copyrightable but so is most code in general. It is very hard to truly get a copyright for a piece of code. But just because you don't have copyright to something doesn't mean it's not your property. For example, you can buy several movies on DVD and those DVDs will still be your property even though you don't have copyright and if someone does steal those DVDs, it will be considered theft of your property. Similarly, just because the code is AI-generated/not copyrightable, doesn't mean others can just steal it. Think about it - so many codebases are not legally protected as copyrighted material but are absolutely protected by IP laws and enforced by the companies that own them.
boxingdog 6mo ago
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cg505 6mo ago
I had this happen as well. I opened a support ticket and shortly afterwards, many or all of the non-infringing forks were restored.

wklm 6mo ago

Here's a codeberg fork I did: https://codeberg.org/wklm/claude-code https://codeberg.org/wklm/claude-code

redanddead 6mo ago

their lawyers for the DoD thing are being billed either way, they're putting them to use Anthropic really needs to embrace it

Aperocky 6mo ago

wow, it's also not like their code was actually good (though this apply to most enterprise software). To hide a client behind closed source (it's also typescript, so even more baffling) is laughable behavior.

stbenjam 6mo ago
Yea this is the thing that makes no sense to me. Any frontier model can unmiminize minified JS pretty decently. Obviously not everything comes through, comments and such, but I always assumed the reason it wasn't open source was to prevent an endless shitstorm of AI slop PR's, not because they were trying to protect secret sauce.
flutas 6mo ago
I'm also wondering if it's even legally valid? They constantly love to talk about Claude Code being "100%" being vibe coded...and the US legal system is leaning towards that not being copyrightable. It could still be a trade secret, but that doesn't fall under a DMCA take down.
- tempaccount420 6mo ago
  You're confused, AI can't itself hold copyright, but the human who triggered the AI to write the code holds the copyright instead.
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  - spacechild1 6mo ago
    IIUC, a person can only claim copyright if they have significantly transformed the output. Unaltered LLM output is not copyrightable per US court decisions. The whole thing is a legal mess. How do you know the LLM did not reproduce existing code? There is an ongoing legal battle in German between GEMA and OpenAI because ChatGPT reproduced parts of existing song lyrics. A court in Munich has found that this violates German copyright law.
    - altmanaltman 6mo ago
      I think you're misunderstanding copyright and ownership. A copyright over code means that ONLY you can use that code, and nobody else; otherwise, you can sue them. For example, if you are an arist, you want to protect your IP this way. Yes, AI generated code is not copyrightable but so is most code in general. It is very hard to truly get a copyright for a piece of code. But just because you don't have copyright to something doesn't mean it's not your property. For example, you can buy several movies on DVD and those DVDs will still be your property even though you don't have copyright and if someone does steal those DVDs, it will be considered theft of your property. Similarly, just because the code is AI-generated/not copyrightable, doesn't mean others can just steal it. Think about it - so many codebases are not legally protected as copyrighted material but are absolutely protected by IP laws and enforced by the companies that own them.

boxingdog 6mo ago

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cg505 6mo ago

I had this happen as well. I opened a support ticket and shortly afterwards, many or all of the non-infringing forks were restored.