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337 mentions on Hacker News by 293 people: 90 stories, 247 comments · first 2011-01-29 · latest 2026-10-15

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  1. …may "not make microsoft happy", but their legal foundation to take those down is much shakier. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/e6911fbf79c67c6f9e834c... [2] Use of this interjection is what leads me to separate the two quoted…
    comment by vonmoltke · 2020-06-11 · in Removing “Annoying” Windows 10 Features Is a DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says
  2. …the calculator). Has anybody ever been convicted or at least tried for perjury in DMCA notice? 1. https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/1e533a25356944db37d238... 2. https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=004&pi...
    comment by 4cao · 2020-05-25 · in Casio files DMCA complaint against user who hacked calculator to connect to net
  3. …won't need anything either. [1] https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/guide-to-submi... [2] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-2... [3] https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/guide-to-submi...
    comment by metaphor · 2020-05-24 · in Hacker Mods Old Calculator to Access the Internet, Casio Files DMCA Complaint
  4. …that explicitly references the DMCA. [0]: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...
    comment by Gaelan · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  5. …//github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop TorrentFreak found the dev's DMCA Counter-Notification: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/91d5b5715f1c50877652e2... (article) https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-suggests-github-could-be-held-l...…
    comment by badRNG · 2020-05-05 · in GitHub shuts down Popcorn Time repositories due to MPA DMCA notice
  6. It is: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...
    comment by progval · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  7. …[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#Intellectual_property... [2] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/4dbf90f837296db72ca959e1... [3] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-12-27-N... [4] https://github.com/git
    comment by lidHanteyk · 2020-05-05 · in Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak
  8. I pulled that from the take down notice that was posted publicly on Github. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0... My interpretation was whomever filed the takedown notice contemplated your argument and proactively…
    comment by balls187 · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  9. …you are guessing, and that the post you replied to is directly quoting the takedown notice. See: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...
    comment by naikrovek · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  10. They have: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...
    comment by bdcravens · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  11. The notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0... The counternotice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/05/2020-05-0...
    comment by saagarjha · 2020-05-05 · in Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  12. …because it "is designed to allow an unlimited number of users to fulfill the unlawful purpose". https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-03-16-M...
    comment by freewizard · 2020-02-01 · in Instagram took down private unofficial APIs via DMCA
  13. Looks like this is the takedown request: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-2... The core allegation is: > Mgp25’s Instagram-API repository (and its forks) offers a tool expressly designed to circumvent the…
    comment by mCOLlSVIxp6c · 2020-02-01 · in Instagram took down private unofficial APIs via DMCA
  14. sure, but I imagine they have already removed those forks too. Have a look at this list https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-2...
    comment by aliostad · 2020-01-29 · in GitHub Turned into an Enterprise Under Microsoft?
  15. …entity and subject to DMCA takedowns. The notice link so others don't have to hand-type it: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/01/2020-01-2... I feel like that other twitter user / BSA / IBM as the originators of that takedown…
    comment by tastroder · 2020-01-29 · in GitHub Turned into an Enterprise Under Microsoft?
  16. …notice said in this case, but they've specifically cited copying the word list in previous cases: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-07-05-w... Edit: I forgot about the WIPO part. Yes, the trademark violation claim also…
    comment by paulgb · 2019-10-10 · in What’s going on with WhatFreeWords?
  17. …and file DMCA takedowns of reverse engineering [1] [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=swVuqG9-H0E [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/search?utf8=&q=Xilinx&type=
    comment by Crosseye_Jack · 2019-09-25 · in Xilinx FPGA Board for Arduino
  18. According to this repo Symantec just filed a DMCA notice to Android source code about a week ago: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/04/2019-04-0... Crazy.
    comment by josteink · 2019-04-24 · in GitHub publishes DMCA deletion notifications sent by Bilibili
  19. …(a Github bot) automatically publishes DMCA takedown requests into the repo [1] in question. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2019-04-24 · in GitHub publishes DMCA deletion notifications sent by Bilibili
  20. …third party client. The official communication I've seen by WhatsApp is the opposite. [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/332f1896902c4f5780a249c0... [2]: https://github.com/Enrico204/Whatsapp-Desktop/commit/18ba8a4...
    comment by est31 · 2019-01-14 · in Show HN: Whapp-irc – A simple WhatsApp IRC gateway
  21. …b. subscribe to a Github's repo commits by appending /commits.atom, eg https://github.com/github/dmca/commits.atom
    comment by forgotpwd16 · 2018-10-29 · in Ask HN: Share your best OPML/RSS Feeds
  22. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2018/2018-02-08-A... Apple submitted this DMCA to GitHub, and admitted, under penalty of perjury, that this source code is legitimate. Additionally, if it was fake, they wouldn't submit a DMCA.
    comment by Retroity · 2018-02-08 · in Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online
  23. …the DMCA takedown notices here[1] and automatically builds a block list out of those domains. https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by 0x10101 · 2017-08-12 · in Show HN: Extension-blocking domains removed by threat from other blacklists
  24. The DMCA request itself seems to be here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2017/2017-08-02-L...
    comment by tuupola · 2017-08-11 · in Ad blocking is under attack
  25. It finally appeared: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2017/2017-08-02-L... , received 01/August/2017.
    comment by bitshiffed · 2017-08-11 · in DMCA, Easylist, Adblock, Copyright Access Control and Admiral
  26. Github should have protected easylist from this bullshit DMCA request, here it is on github : https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/ff44d37f62d772bfec5fd432... Github is the culprit here.
    comment by hokkos · 2017-08-11 · in Ad blocking is under attack
  27. …They should've received Admirals takedown at least 2 days ago, but it still hasn't shown up on https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/master .
    comment by bitshiffed · 2017-08-11 · in DMCA, Easylist, Adblock, Copyright Access Control and Admiral
  28. …with control over the client they could, similar to what Amazon can do with the Kindle [2]. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/master/2017 [2] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/07/amazon-sold-pirated-...
    comment by gregmac · 2017-05-17 · in Announcing GitHub Desktop Beta
  29. …is mostly/largely open source[2]. It still seems like a massive missed opportunity though. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2017/2017-01-12-P... [2] https://vivaldi.net/userblogs/entry/a-few-words-about-open-s...
    comment by lucideer · 2017-03-29 · in Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsing history
  30. …been DMCA'd by Opera. From reading the DMCA notice, it looks like it was a real leak. [0] [0] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2017/2017-01-12-P...
    comment by amyjess · 2017-01-13 · in Presto Web rendering engine (Opera 12.15) on GitHub.com
  31. …on github since 1.0 So they most certainly have some specific set of code they think is taken. See https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-10-17-I...
    comment by DannyBee · 2016-12-19 · in OpenLava under IBM attack
  32. …an an actual judicial injunction, then they should have restored the content after 10 days[1]. [0]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-11-07-I... [1]: https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-...
    comment by shawn-butler · 2016-12-19 · in OpenLava under IBM attack
  33. After briefly looking at https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/master/2016 there doesn't appear to be any DMCA request for gwillem's content, so maybe it wasn't removed through the DMCA process?
    comment by yincrash · 2016-10-15 · in GitHub censored my research data
  34. …[1]. At the very least the discussion itself is interesting for the inside infos, though. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016/2016-08-30-O...
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2016-09-01 · in Smaller and faster data compression with Zstandard
  35. I noticed a bunch of DMCA takedowns coming from UCSD's CSE131 class in the DMCA repo: https://github.com/github/dmca If you search for cse131 you'll find a bunch of repos still up. This kind of whack-a-mole is typical of DMCA and requires…
    comment by codezero · 2016-06-28 · in GitHub's 2015 Transparency Report
  36. …through Apple's DMCA requests sent to Github and the only one that is remotely similar is this: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-11-04-Apple.... But even then they weren't claiming it was reverse engineered material, but…
    comment by conradev · 2016-05-04 · in PieMessage: iMessage on Android
  37. …alert for GitHub start paying closer attention to DMCA Takedowns against open source projects. 1: https://github.com/github/dmca/search?q=reversal&type=Issues
    comment by scorphus · 2016-03-04 · in GitHub reverses DMCA against oh-my-fish
  38. Here's the notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2016-02-04-Wahoo-... . Also, basically the same thing happened 5 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10271304
    comment by Pyppe · 2016-02-09 · in Oh My Fish Undergoing a DMCA Takedown
  39. …one of the developer that used the GPL license to take it down. You can see the DMCA notice there: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftB...
    comment by dwild · 2016-01-19 · in Announcing Minecraft: Education Edition
  40. …- German federal law and regulations: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze - DMCA takedown notices: https://github.com/github/dmca - Map of US districts: https://github.com/benbalter/congressional-districts - a novel:…
    comment by jschulenklopper · 2016-01-11 · in Open Guide to Equity Compensation
  41. …on your computer. An open source tool to help users do this themselves was served a DMCA notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015-08-12-Udemy....
    comment by rahimnathwani · 2015-11-13 · in Udacity Raises $105M Series D, Bringing Valuation to $1B
  42. …alert you privately if your email is ever leaked". I don't see any problems with the later. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by nadams · 2015-09-21 · in Lawsuit filed against sites that posted Ashley Madison data dump
  43. …ones that directly copied and used the javascript code, so hopefully that's not the case here. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/d028f601f93e201186b4a75b... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Agario/comments/3f7oys/miniclip_sta...
    comment by degenerate · 2015-07-31 · in Vanar.io – Realtime multiplayer browser game: Agar.io meets Asteroids
  44. …code - a good open source project should respect the opinions and comments of the community. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/85c03a289fe56c67636ed6...
    comment by nadams · 2015-07-23 · in Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App
  45. The DMCA from Nintendo to "jsemu": https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015-07-06-ninten... I guess he just doesn't read the DMCA sent to GitHub or something? If you're going to write an emulator, fine. Distribute copyrighted games?…
    comment by giancarlostoro · 2015-07-12 · in JavaScript GBA Emulator
  46. …do you keep submitting this on a new repository after Nintendo takes your old repository down (see https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015-07-06-ninten... )? This is the 4th time you've submitted this to Hacker News, each time with…
    comment by Sephr · 2015-07-12 · in JavaScript GBA Emulator
  47. …did then they went under. [1] http://linux.exosec.net/mirrors/www.ntop.org/nProbe.html [2] https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/859890b8aaf4db678dce96... [3] https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/85c03a289fe56c67636ed6...
    comment by nadams · 2015-07-04 · in Anonymous Reddit without servers
  48. …There was another recent and very similar DMCA request against code that used the public Naxos API: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/f40a68740b3d1b749fed0d...
    comment by _jomo · 2015-03-25 · in Beats Music DMCA
  49. …the redacted links? It looks like only one past DMCA in this repo has received similar treatment: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/4e465059012c946abd3f2fa2... Their README suggests they only redact personally identifying info, but I…
    comment by akerl_ · 2015-02-11 · in University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous years' homework
  50. copy/paste: takedown notice here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-12-22-Cambri... the interesting part is this: "Although the file, com_svox_picottsengine.cpp, bears an attribution to SVOX AG in 2008-2009, it contains…
    comment by ante_annum · 2015-01-07 · in GitHub dmca takedown notice of android code