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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. ▲ 188
    My open source API client was taken down by a phony DMCA complaint
    story by contrahax · 2013-05-22 · 92 comments
  2. 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
  3. …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
  4. https://github.com/github/dmca.git
    comment by stblack · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI, mirrored
  5. 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
  6. ▲ 2
    Designmodo issues DMCA counter-notice to LayerVault
    story by Spoom · 2013-03-08 · 0 comments
  7. They did: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2013-03-06-LayerV...
    comment by forwardslash · 2013-03-08 · in Flat UI DMCA Takedown
  8. 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
  9. 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
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    LayerVault Takedown letter
    story by jamesjyu · 2013-03-07 · 0 comments
  11. ▲ 2
    Flat UI gets DCMA takedown notice
    story by JoshMilo · 2013-03-06 · 0 comments
  12. …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
  13. …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
  14. …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
  15. 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
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    LayerVault Sends DMCA Takedown Letter re Flat-UI
    story by bencevans · 2013-03-06 · 353 comments
  17. 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
  18. ▲ 1
    Pac-Man joins Github's DMCA list
    story by tluthra · 2012-09-27 · 1 comment
  19. Link: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2012-01-09-bitcoi...
    comment by roryokane · 2012-08-27 · in DMCA takedowns GitHub has received
  20. 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
  21. 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
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    DMCA takedowns GitHub has received
    story by franze · 2012-08-27 · 28 comments
  23. ▲ 9
    Airbnb invokes DMCA to take down coding challenge source code
    story by ecaron · 2012-05-22 · 6 comments
  24. ▲ 4
    DMCA takedown notices Github has received
    story by kwamenum86 · 2012-05-02 · 0 comments
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. ▲ 189
    Microsoft sends GitHub DMCA shutdown for Skype open source project
    story by ecaron · 2012-05-02 · 90 comments
  28. …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
  29. 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
  30. ▲ 2
    Why does GitHub anonymize DMCA takedown requests?
    story by duncan_bayne · 2011-06-22 · 8 comments
  31. ▲ 72
    Sony officially 50% of all GitHub's DMCA notices
    story by ecaron · 2011-06-22 · 19 comments
  32. ▲ 70
    EVE Online submits DMCA takedown to GitHub
    story by cygwin98 · 2011-05-25 · 41 comments
  33. ▲ 2
    Sony is crazy or the application of the "Streisand Effect"
    story by adulau · 2011-02-12 · 0 comments
  34. …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.
  35. …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.
  36. …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.
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    Github now publishes all DMCA takedown notices they receive here.
    story by _pius · 2011-01-29 · 64 comments