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Btw, seems like Popcorn Time got removed from Github because of DMCA. Is that valid? The code wasn't pirated, so how does that make sense?
by obvio171 12y ago
Btw, seems like Popcorn Time got removed from Github because of DMCA. Is that valid? The code wasn't pirated, so how does that make sense?
- kevin_thibedeau 12y agoIt can be viewed as a copyright circumvention "device". If they published the code in a book like was done with PGP it could be viewed has having a legitimate existence as a physical work.
- habitue 12y agoOne of the hurdles for a technology is having "substantial non-infringing uses" which may be arguable (are there enough open-source movie torrents out there?), but it's unlikely GitHub felt like figuring it out and just took it down when a complaint came in.