github/dmca on Hacker News

…and then make a pull request from that. This way, we could just git fetch https://github.com/github/dmca 225ce7ac70aec3002599ba4cc8cee7197e0f1cee to update our existing clones of widevine-l3-decryptor from the dmca repo. So... can s

comment by Liskni_si · 2020-11-13 · in Google Widevine Content Decryption Module DMCA

https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8283 added widevine decryptor to dmca idk if theyll take it down

comment by lol123456789 · 2020-11-13 · in Google Widevine Content Decryption Module DMCA

…matching `/*/tree/` should already have been forbidden, yet the Wayback Machine at one point had https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/565ece486c7c1652754d7b6d... archived. These facts suggest that it is your second theory that is…

comment by roryokane · 2020-11-07 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

repeating an art piece makes it better so here is a replay: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/e672d697b36e82007f2f7c... utf-16 unicorns against dmca run 1. `node dmca.js` to get a Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Official Music…

comment by supernihil · 2020-11-06 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

Did you just put pressure on archive.org to take down the link? The archive.org link is no longer working and it says "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine." https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github...

comment by usui · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

The .zip download of the code was archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026/https://github.co...

comment by avery42 · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

You should issue a DMCA against this repo since it contains your intellectual property ( https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github... ). Doesn't failure to do so mean you don't care about DMCA?

comment by WrtCdEvrydy · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

…in my non-lawyer opinion, a US court would probably say it is, if this ever makes it that far.) https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2... says: > The clear purpose of this source code is to ... reproduce and…

comment by jfrunyon · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

It seems like it was pushed as a single commit: https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github...

comment by saagarjha · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github... Click "Code". I'm not suggesting you download it, that would be naughty.

comment by resynth1943 · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

Commit message was "felt cute, might put gh source code on dmca repo now idk" https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github...

comment by SethTro · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

The link near the top of the article points to this: https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050026if_/https://github...

comment by shakna · 2020-11-05 · in GitHub Source Code Leak

https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/e672d697b36e82007f2f7c... run 1. run `node dmca.js` to get a Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Official Music Video) (Explicit).mp3 file 2. `node youtube.dl.js` to get a youtube-dl-master.zip file ;-)

comment by supernihil · 2020-11-04 · in RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/e672d697b36e82007f2f7c... js files with embedded base32768 encoded data that when run creates fun files. 1. run "node dmca.js" to get a "Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Official Music Video)…

comment by supernihil · 2020-11-04 · in Base32768 encoded Timberlake on GitHub/DMCA

https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8214/commits/65ec4b0dc45...

comment by read_if_gay_ · 2020-11-03 · in How to publish Git repos that cannot be republished to GitHub

I find those pull requests absolutely hilarious, but my sense of humor is lowbrow childish. https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8210 https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8207 https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8203…

comment by sillysaurusx · 2020-11-03 · in How to publish Git repos that cannot be republished to GitHub

…My reading of this is that github wants to stem the flood of garbage pull requests to their [dmca]( https://github.com/github/dmca/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed ) repo, which I guess is probably reasonable. I don't quite see where github is…

comment by eminence32 · 2020-11-02 · in How to publish Git repos that cannot be republished to GitHub

…RIAA could always do this and GitHub has been complying with it (because they legally have to). 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/

comment by apocalyptic0n3 · 2020-11-02 · in GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned

>Would a DMCA takedown from one of the authors be valid? Well there's this: https://web.archive.org/web/20160726212936/https://github.co...

comment by gruez · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code

…the RIAAs "fault", but "we" have only direct contact with github so we need to go through them) [0] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by nocturnial · 2020-10-27 · in RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHub’s CEO

…a section about titled "Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology" and linked below [2]. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2... [2] https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-... ]

comment by Kranar · 2020-10-27 · in Asking Microsoft to resign from the RIAA over YouTube-dl takedown demand

…a legal one, so (not being a copyright lawyer) it's not obvious to me what the right answer is. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2... There is legitimately some obfuscation happening:…

comment by roywiggins · 2020-10-26 · in How journalists use youtube-dl

I'd disagree. RIAA advances three theories: (i) [to] circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube (ii) reproduce and distribute music videos and sound recordings owned by our member…

comment by dredmorbius · 2020-10-26 · in The RIAA’s attack on YouTube-dl is not a DMCA 512 infringement

…qualifies as “bad faith” but it seems disregarding fair use means this wasn’t made in good faith. https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8124#issuecomment-715625...

comment by 4436f1e5966ffd · 2020-10-26 · in The RIAA’s attack on YouTube-dl is not a DMCA 512 infringement

https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/416da574ec0df3388f652e44... worked for me. But I can't get the tree. But if you download the repo as a zip in their gui that's the easiest way.

comment by curioussavage · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…number and physical address. > Please type your full legal name below to sign this request. ( https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/d7f4a6a3aade92999d4d8696... ) And if they did, then it would be interesting to see if MPA ended up going…

comment by abc-xyz · 2020-10-25 · in GitHub Reinstates Popcorn Time Code Despite MPA ‘Threat’

https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8142 now shows a "Unicorn! The page is taking too much to load" - anyone else see this?

comment by aldanor · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…contact us if the problem persists.". However, PR #8142 is indeed listed in the list of open PRs at https://github.com/github/dmca/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr .

comment by nayuki · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…decide to counter-notice. 0: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-... 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0... """ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886023

comment by yowlingcat · 2020-10-25 · in Youtube-dl GitHub Template

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2... > and in plain violation of Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §1201. Doesn’t mean it’s legally valid, just that the service provider must take it…

comment by judge2020 · 2020-10-25 · in GitHub Reinstates Popcorn Time Code Despite MPA ‘Threat’

…the other exceptions to the DMCA's TPM clauses), like you could plausibly argue for libdvdcss. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by saddlerustle · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…to get a copy of the contents, this’ll do that about most efficiently: git init git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/github/dmca pull/8142/head git checkout FETCH_HEAD (I don’t think you can git-clone an arbitrary ref, only a branch.)

comment by chrismorgan · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…decide to counter-notice. 0: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-... . 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...

comment by judge2020 · 2020-10-25 · in GitHub Reinstates Popcorn Time Code Despite MPA ‘Threat’

Isn't it more like the following?: git clone https://github.com/github/dmca.git git fetch origin pull/8142/head git checkout FETCH_HEAD

comment by jojo14 · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

"Hi, the enthuastic freedom of coding killer RIAA, please send GitHub a takedown request on https://github.com/github/dmca ."

comment by outloudvi · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

git clone https://github.com/github/dmca.git . git fetch origin 416da574ec git branch youtube-dl 416da574ec git checkout -f youtube-dl

comment by jaquers · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…forks, but for 'privat' forks too.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24872911 [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by app4soft · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

…it to have been filed yet. Edit: the most recent counterclaim I see filed was done on 2020-10-08 ( https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/5dfed34cdb3774fcb10cb294... )... for a claim filed on 2020-09-16 (…

comment by jcranmer · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

It looks like this is the corresponding PR: https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/8142

comment by madars · 2020-10-25 · in YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

Add github/dmca to the list of mirrors: https://github.com/github/dmca/archive/416da574ec0df3388f652... ;)

comment by Stephen304 · 2020-10-24 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…DMCA notice [2]. Github is complicit in this. [1] https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc [2] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by zeusflight · 2020-10-24 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…music videos and sound recordings owned by our member companies without authorization for such use. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2... (i) is strange claim as youtube-dl simply implements various streaming…

comment by ezoe · 2020-10-24 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

Jetbrains is also constantly taking down cracks/piracy license servers/etc - see [0,1,2]. 0: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-0... 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-1... 2:…

comment by judge2020 · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…income you're making on a 22 year old game for the Nintendo 64?? It's at their own detriment... https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-0... https://www.pcgamer.com/the-missing-link-is-an-impressive-an...

comment by kevinwang · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…justified yet link to repositories that are no longer on GitHub. I wonder what happened. [1] in https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0... someone forked a permissively-licensed project; the original author made the…

comment by quotemstr · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…been happening for a while though, here are couple of examples: Removal of Udemy-dl (2015,2017): https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015/2015-08-12-U... https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2017/2017-11-13-U... Removal of…

comment by tbabej · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…course assignment of a different student and did not comply with the Apache 2.0 Licence [1]. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by tbabej · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

This person's classmate copied and re-posted their exam as their own: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...

comment by gurpreetsatwal · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

What I think is hilarious is how many takedown notices they've received! https://github.com/github/dmca

comment by getpolarized · 2020-10-23 · in YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

…notice[1] itself misgendered CoolStar, so it probably is malintent that TF didn't pick up on. [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/6b964c150db5840bc9820e...

comment by devenblake · 2020-07-11 · in GitHub Removes 'Chimera13' iOS Jailbreak After DMCA Notice from 'Unc0ver'