Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
I don't think it does - I think this is just a grab to see what microsoft caves on.
GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
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Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#12> Specifically, we request that you remove or disable access to the infringing Project’s repositories referenced herein in accordance with either 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A)(ii) (DMCA “representative list” provision), 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A) (DMCA “repeat infringer” provision), and/or GitHub’s Terms of Service, which prohibit use of your facilities for copyright infringement, ...
So such dual-use technologies are now under pressure. This is quite a step towards banning certain mass-dissemination protocols in general. See "inducement rule" [1] in the US.
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#13Torrents were great threat in past years, but now in world with streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime,Hulu and all others torrent is not a serious threat.
So,that's a baseless argument, Its like don't sell knives they can be used to murder.
Torrents are also useful for many others purposes, like distribution of big opensource software, downloading files with unreliable connection and slow speed, to distribute things [kind of]anonymously peer-peer etc.
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#14The MPA seems to be getting braver with these takedowns, considering how quickly the youtube-dl one got flipped around. This one seems particularly shaky as you could not use it to explicitly download anything - rather to host data of your own (with no explicit requirement for it to be unauthorized copyright violation). EDIT: perhaps just a ploy to unmask the authors of the torrent site?
Github needs to go on the offensive and begin to take action against fraudulent DMCA notices, including justification to seek damages for these claims.
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#15Seems that it is something that MPA have gone after for some time they tried to shut down the website late last year.
https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-lawyers-are-trying-to-shut-down...
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#16I hope GitHub is willing to put a stop to this, seems like a stretch.
Where this thread of logic end? Should python be blocked by DMCA because it is used to compile code that facilitates copyright infringement?
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#17Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
I never saw the repo, but to play devil's advocate it's possible that there's a unit test or something that downloads copyrighted material. That's what got youtube-dl taken down.
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#18The MPA seems to be getting braver with these takedowns, considering how quickly the youtube-dl one got flipped around. This one seems particularly shaky as you could not use it to explicitly download anything - rather to host data of your own (with no explicit requirement for it to be unauthorized copyright violation). EDIT: perhaps just a ploy to unmask the authors of the torrent site?
Github needs to go on the offensive and begin to take action against fraudulent DMCA notices, including justification to seek damages for these claims.
Agreed that Github needs to push back, but we should also be contacting our legislature so that they are aware of the abuse of law.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Github needs to go on the offensive and begin to take action against fraudulent DMCA notices, including justification to seek damages for these claims.
Agreed that Github needs to push back, but we should also be contacting our legislature so that they are aware of the abuse of law.
True, but that's a longer "sales cycle" (election cycles are usually every 2-4 years) if you will. Tactical response vs strategic response.