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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. "Censorship-Resistant". Until your GitHub account or repository ends up here: https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by mindcrash · 2015-01-05 · in Guerilla Open Tube: A Distributed, Censorship-Resistant Backup of YouTube
  2. …already sending takedown notices? Besides, this is how GH deals with all its requests (e.g. DMCA: https://github.com/github/dmca ).
    comment by icebraining · 2014-12-05 · in Github may block content if they receive a valid request from Roskomnadzor
  3. Interesting. On 10/30, Qualcomm DMCA'd a few files: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-10-30-Qualco... Then, a few days later on 11/10, requested to rescind their original request, for all files:…
    comment by joshavant · 2014-11-15 · in GitHub DMCA
  4. Interesting that this follows on the heels of the Popcorn Time DMCA takedown: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-11-MPAA.m... EDIT: Also here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8450145
    comment by brentjanderson · 2014-10-16 · in A Better DMCA Process
  5. …response to DMCA take down requests. All they do is simply making them public in this repository. ( https://github.com/github/dmca )
    comment by jsnk · 2014-10-13 · in DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
  6. It seems Monit has issued a retraction [1] [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-10-06-tildes...
    comment by cordite · 2014-10-07 · in Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
  7. …[1] https://twitter.com/mperham/status/519165523473358848 [2] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-10-06-tildes...
    comment by LukeB_UK · 2014-10-06 · in Monit's DMCA takedown notice for Inspeqtor
  8. The takedown notice is here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftB... Did Notch do this? EDIT: Apparently Wesley Wolfe did http://games.slashdot.org/story/14/09/06/1323225/dmca-claim-...
    comment by milesf · 2014-09-11 · in CraftBukkit Taken Down from GitHub Using DMCA
  9. …logic, Wolvereness shouldn't be able to use a third party's copyright to enforce a takedown. [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftB...
    comment by teraflop · 2014-09-07 · in Mojang and the Bukkit Project
  10. Here's the DMCA request that was sent to GitHub: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-09-05-CraftB...
    comment by Shank · 2014-09-07 · in Mojang and the Bukkit Project
  11. …code to a repo that was part of the first DMCA takedown that Github has in the dmca repo. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-01-27-sony.m...
    comment by jevinskie · 2014-08-07 · in Gamma FinFisher hacked: 40 GB of internal documents and source code published
  12. …down requested by the MPAA[1] and not for violating Github rules which are pretty permissive[2]. 1. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ccbdf1e3d20c78616c9a095... 2. See G7 - https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service
    comment by starnixgod · 2014-08-06 · in Gamma FinFisher hacked: 40 GB of internal documents and source code published
  13. …believe it would work with a smooth experience (and when you've got Netflix why bother?). But this: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-11-MPAA.m... ... this is great marketing for popcorntime. It shows it working and giving…
    comment by buro9 · 2014-07-13 · in Popcorntime is leaving GitHub
  14. Likely as a result of the DMCA takedown request that has blocked access to their repo: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-11-MPAA.m...
    comment by LoonyPandora · 2014-07-13 · in Popcorntime is leaving GitHub
  15. Here is the direct link to the takedown notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-11-MPAA.m...
    comment by rcthompson · 2014-07-11 · in Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
  16. …The pertinent document: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_sony_huashan/b... [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-02-Qualco...
    comment by grrowl · 2014-07-04 · in Qualcomm issues DMCA takedowns for 116 GitHub repositories, including their own
  17. Here's the DMCA takedown notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-02-Qualco... As you can see there's a lot of stuff that is unlikely to be copyrighted by Qualcomm in there, like .conf config files.
    comment by kristofferR · 2014-07-03 · in Qualcomm issues DMCA takedowns for 116 GitHub repositories, including their own
  18. No matches for popcorn in GitHub's DMCA request repo yet: https://github.com/github/dmca/search?q=popcorn
    comment by sdfjkl · 2014-04-02 · in Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub
  19. This is the HTML version: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-02-12-WhatsA...
    comment by chenster · 2014-02-20 · in WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a week before acquisition
  20. It is a markdown version posted by github for the original DMCA takedown notice sent to github https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/README.markdown
    comment by tapsboy · 2014-02-20 · in WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a week before acquisition
  21. …had started circulating some overly broad and ill-formed "DMCA takedown" notices a few days back: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-02-12-WhatsA... By this email, please accept this formal notice and takedown request for the…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2014-02-20 · in Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs
  22. …support to one of the open, reverse engineered, whatsapp clients) Except, you know, DMCA notices: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-02-12-WhatsA... . Yes, this is complete bullshit. Especially how they try to use a DMCA…
    comment by xnyhps · 2014-02-17 · in Off-the-Record Messaging Protocol v3
  23. …that needs clearing up; for that, we'll have to see if our blogger posts anything more. [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342360 [3]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV.…
    comment by deathanatos · 2013-09-27 · in Why OpenHeatMap is banned from Github
  24. …use of resources, in violation of our Terms of Service." I also didn't find anything here: https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by lm741 · 2013-09-27 · in Why OpenHeatMap is banned from Github
  25. …to github instead? Or are they just afraid it would be negative on their part to be permanently in https://github.com/github/dmca ?
    comment by Shank · 2013-07-22 · in Ask HN: Take down my reverse-engineered Snapchat lib because they asked?
  26. Infringed on intellectual property rights: [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2012-09-25-namco....
    comment by undershirt · 2013-04-02 · in A game when games were new
  27. …Designmodo responded with a counter-notice [1], LayerVault would now have to take it to court. [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/6a33a213e04e7fc5e74ce3...
    comment by jrajav · 2013-03-20 · in Flat-UI repository is available again
  28. https://github.com/github/dmca.git
    comment by stblack · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI, mirrored
  29. They did. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV... Mirroring it while Github drags their feet reenabling seems fair enough.
    comment by ceejayoz · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI, mirrored
  30. They did: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV...
    comment by forwardslash · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI DMCA Takedown
  31. Takedown notice commit with comments: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/735e17614cca63102b8414... Counter notice commit with comments: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/6a33a213e04e7fc5e74ce3...
    comment by gfosco · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI DMCA Takedown
  32. The DMCA counter-notice has been submitted: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/6a33a213e04e7fc5e74ce3...
    comment by damncabbage · 2013-03-07 · in LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI
  33. …I cannot make a framework inspired on X design movement. Check what the framework developer said: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/735e17614cca63102b8414... "he said that he: "I am the exclusive rights holder for the artwork contained…
    comment by meerita · 2013-03-06 · in LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI
  34. …license [7]. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5321603 [1]: https://layervault.com/ [2]: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/735e17614cca63102b8414... [3]: https://help.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown [4]:…
    comment by Kerrick · 2013-03-06 · in LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI
  35. …Flat UI is removed, and disabled. Despite providing his side of the story in the commit comments https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/735e17614cca63102b8414... , the author now has to write a formal counter-takedown notification, and the…
    comment by evdawg · 2013-03-06 · in LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI
  36. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV... this guys said about "exclusive rights holder for the artwork contained within Flat UI, Free Web User Interface Kit; These exclusive rights are being violated by material…
    comment by SmeelBe · 2013-03-06 · in Flat UI: Free Web User Interface Kit
  37. Ouch, someone just sent in a DMCA: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV... Now you can't download it, however the OP link still seems to work fine. Is this a troll DMCA? I don't get it.
    comment by Matsta · 2013-03-06 · in Flat UI: Free Web User Interface Kit
  38. Link: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2012-01-09-bitcoi...
    comment by roryokane · 2012-08-27 · in DMCA takedowns GitHub has received
  39. AirBnb is issuing DMCA requests for their interview questions?? https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/05885612f96982a7e4062a13...
    comment by motoford · 2012-08-27 · in DMCA takedowns GitHub has received
  40. There are some posted. Here are a couple: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-02-03-sony-c... https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2012-03-26-deathw...
    comment by bradly · 2012-08-27 · in DMCA takedowns GitHub has received
  41. even better link: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/db9b442f0ac68512d0ca83fe... (rendered into human readable)
    comment by cies · 2012-05-02 · in Microsoft sends GitHub DMCA shutdown for Skype open source project
  42. Better link: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/db9b442f0ac68512d0ca83fe...
    comment by mseebach · 2012-05-02 · in Microsoft sends GitHub DMCA shutdown for Skype open source project
  43. …is currently disabled. For more details please see the takedown notice ..." didn't take long ~ https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2012-03-01-instag... ... It's a bit naughty to post this here, a hacker-like thing to do but would be…
    comment by bootload · 2012-03-02 · in Show HN: Instagram filters hacked and open sourced. Supports photo and video
  44. if you want to read it in more elegant format, there you go: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-06-21-sony.m...
    comment by tzury · 2011-06-22 · in Sony officially 50% of all GitHub's DMCA notices
  45. …ascertain the legal owner of any work. Take a close look at one of the two DMCA notices at github: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/e7821a3946f212f2c774362a... Q: Can you prove Bluehole Studio owns the copyright for tera? A: nope. Q:…
    comment by jcr · 2011-01-29 · in Github now publishes all DMCA takedown notices they receive here.
  46. …with DMCA takedowns? Read here in their request, for some reason the lawyer is referencing RFC 1036 https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-01-28-tera.m...
    comment by fleitz · 2011-01-29 · in Github now publishes all DMCA takedown notices they receive here.
  47. …files, so I posted the gist of your concern as quoted text with source as comment on the commit: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/d6b2d97e801dc16d2aeb25...
    comment by Seth_Kriticos · 2011-01-29 · in Github now publishes all DMCA takedown notices they receive here.