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penskymaterial • yesterday at 11:58 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Did those people sign a legally-binding end-user license agreement?

Because what I see is essentially "they're storing stolen property" but the burden of proof is on the author to prove it was, indeed, stolen.

I imagine the bar for that is pretty high otherwise anyone could weaponize DMCA to target their competitors' repositories.


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jffry • today at 12:08 AM

You seem to be thinking about "adblocker running in browser", since you brought up EULAs.

That's not what OP alleges - they are saying people are redistributing modified versions of OP's copyrighted code. DMCA is an appropriate measure in such a situation, but it's unclear why OP's DMCA takedown was rejected by GitHub. Without more detail, it's hard to comment further

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majorchord • today at 3:45 AM

People are absolutely abusing the DMCA process.

https://reclaimthenet.org/kiwi-farms-dmca-subpoena-anonymous...