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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. ▲ 2
    Analogy in EFF's letter in response to YouTube-dl DMCA takedown (2020) [pdf]
    story by busymom0 · 2021-07-18 · 0 comments
  2. I was just referring to the DMCA notices here https://github.com/github/dmca , but I think it is a great idea for transparency.
    comment by animal_spirits · 2021-07-14 · in Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets
  3. Is this the one you are referring to? https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by jp42 · 2021-07-14 · in Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets
  4. ▲ 3
    DMCA/2020-01-22-facebook.md at master/DMCA
    story by Black101 · 2021-07-09 · 0 comments
  5. There is a counter notice from him (I think) here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2...
    comment by csunbird · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  6. yup, it was the author, see counternotice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2...
    comment by mvolfik · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  7. …fill out and file. Here's the one for this case [1] if you want to see how simple the form is. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2...
    comment by tzs · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  8. Here is the counternotice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2...
    comment by DerNuntius · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  9. …https://github.com/jjallaire/deep-learning-with-r-notebooks https://github.com/kevin-wayne/algs4 [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2...
    comment by mrighele · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  10. The notice is here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/04/2021-04-2... Kevin Wayne (repo owner presumably) is listed as co-author on the book that is published by Pearson, who have issued the notice.…
    comment by mellosouls · 2021-05-01 · in GitHub repository for Sedgewick's Algorithms is taken down
  11. ▲ 3
    Re3 was banned by Take Two
    story by disinterpreter · 2021-02-20 · 2 comments
  12. ▲ 69
    RE3(reversed source code for GTA3/VC) has received a DMCA takedown from Take-Two
    story by zer0n · 2021-02-20 · 37 comments
  13. …closed source, then what's this: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense ? Genuine question. And wow. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2018/2018-04-30-p...
    comment by colejohnson66 · 2021-01-26 · in PfSense Is Closed Source
  14. …in Google's DMCA notice against the Widevine cryptographic key and help them file a counter-notice. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-0...
    comment by tbodt · 2021-01-21 · in I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)
  15. ▲ 10
    GitHub has reversed the takedown of nyaa.si code repository
    story by outloudvi · 2021-01-21 · 1 comment
  16. ▲ 580
    GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
    story by livueta · 2021-01-19 · 310 comments
  17. ▲ 1
    GitHub DMCA Takedown Notices
    story by tux · 2020-12-23 · 0 comments
  18. …haven't even gotten to that part, because i can't find[0] their dmca[1] or the counter notice [0] https://github.com/github/dmca/search?q=bwfForum [1] https://github.com/github/dmca
    comment by MrStonedOne · 2020-12-03 · in My Latest Brush with the Corporate Internet: GitHub Has My Stolen Code
  19. ▲ 1
    Letter from the EFF to GitHub's DMCA Agent re: YouTube-dl repo takedown [pdf]
    story by logifail · 2020-11-17 · 1 comment
  20. …this phrase. Does this mean the RIAA just invented the term out of thin air to mislead people? [1]: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/e00bfb544e93bfd3066fe169...
    comment by soraminazuki · 2020-11-17 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  21. Is no one surprised that the EFF mentions the door at Moria? (page 2, second half) https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1...
    comment by Kim_Bruning · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  22. …people to infringe, nor infringing themselves (falling under fair use). The full response is here: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1...
    comment by qw3rty01 · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  23. …did the work. EFF deserves more credit than just a link for fighting against this shit. [0] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1...
    comment by panarky · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  24. Thank the EFF for their letter: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1... They explained why the DMCA has no grounds.
    comment by egnehots · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
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    EFF's Letter to GitHub [pdf]
    story by dannyobrien · 2020-11-16 · 0 comments
  26. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1... EFF did file a counter-notice
    comment by mackal · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  27. …not circumvent, and any alleged lack of authorization from YouTube or the RIAA is irrelevant. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1...
    comment by wgjordan · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  28. A gem in the EFF's letter ( https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1... ) > To borrow an analogy from literature, travelers come upon a door that has writing in a foreign language. When translated, the writing says "say…
    comment by hardmath123 · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  29. EFF responded about that whole subject, and that allowed GitHub to "reinstate" the repo back: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-1...
    comment by acqq · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  30. …commit" This made any effort for restoration futile, since most of the repo was being claimed. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014/2014-09-05-C...
    comment by momothereal · 2020-11-16 · in YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
  31. …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
  32. 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
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    Google Widevine Content Decryption Module DMCA
    story by abbe98 · 2020-11-13 · 371 comments
  34. …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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. …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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. ▲ 5
    Nat Friedman: “felt cute, might put gh source code on DMCA repo now idk”
    story by app4soft · 2020-11-04 · 2 comments
  45. ▲ 6
    GitHub Source on GitHub/Dcma
    story by andreicek · 2020-11-04 · 1 comment
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. ▲ 1
    Base32768 encoded Timberlake on GitHub/DMCA
    story by supernihil · 2020-11-04 · 1 comment
  49. 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
  50. 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