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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. …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
  2. …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
  3. >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
  4. …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
  5. …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
  6. …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
  7. 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
  8. …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
  9. 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
  10. …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’
  11. 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
  12. …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
  13. …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
  14. 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’
  15. …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
  16. …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
  17. …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’
  18. 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
  19. "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
  20. 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
  21. …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
  22. …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
  23. 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
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    story by madars · 2020-10-25 · 315 comments
  25. 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
  26. …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
  27. …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
  28. 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
  29. …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
  30. …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
  31. …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
  32. …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
  33. 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
  34. 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
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    story by phantop · 2020-10-23 · 1,443 comments
  36. …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'
  37. …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
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    story by codezero · 2020-06-02 · 0 comments
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    story by yobananaboy · 2020-05-26 · 0 comments
  40. …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
  41. …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
  42. …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
  43. …//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
  44. 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
  45. …[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
  46. 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
  47. …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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. …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