Did I misread their previous statement after the youtube-dl fiasco?
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
#22Torrents 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…
Who you gonna call? Plex+sonarr
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#23Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
> For the avoidance of any doubt, we are also providing you with the attached file tilted “GitHub_code_Nyaa” which shows code hosted on GitHub that provides all of the source code, templates, and utility API tools needed to host a copy of the Nyaa.si Bittorrent site, used to access infringing copies of motion pictures and television shows for which Nyaa.si provides torrent files and magnet links for the infringing content that users are looking for. The identified files and code are preconfigured to find and provide infringing copies of our Members’ film and tv content to Nyaa.si users in violation of copyright law.
That's the real issue, but again it's hard to discuss since the files have been removed.
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#24Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
> What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
Hard drives are already taxed in France because of piracy (well not exactly, but that's the real reason)
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#25Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#26I 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
#27The 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
#28Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#29Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
#30Can someone knowledgeable explain to me how a tracker source code violates DMCA? What's next, hard disk manufacturers? Internet providers?
Spoiler alert: it doesn't.
So it really, isn't illegal anywhere (well except obviously authoritarian regimes).