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Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by Hamuko »

phkahler wrote: post #170
Hamuko wrote: post #115

> Specifically, at the URL, the Repository hosts and offers for download the Project, which, when downloaded, provides the downloader everything necessary to launch and host a “clone” infringing website identical to Nyaa.si (and, thus, engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows). I'd like for Motion Picture Association to publish a step-by-step guide on how I can engage in mass…

I was thinking the same until this part: >> 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. It's one thing to host software that can be used for this. It's another to host software specifically configured for it. Still might be legal. I wanted to see what the linked configuration files actually co…

https://web.archive.org/web/20201105144800/https://codeload....

Have at 'em.

    .docker/es_sync_config.json
    .docker/nyaa-config-partial.py
    config.example.py
    migrations/versions/2bceb2cb4d7c_add_comment_count_to_torrent.py
    nyaa/api_handler.py
    nyaa/static/search-sukebei.xml
    nyaa/templates/home.html
    nyaa/torrents.py
    utils/api_info.py
    utils/api_uploader_v2.py

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by xirbeosbwo1234 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #149
niea_11 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can still download the zip file of the repository through archive.org. And there is no direct link (took a quick look) to copyrighted content in the source code. If they shutdown the main site, without a data backup, the code is useless. Users will have to re-upload and re-seed the torrents they have.

Tangentially, I'm interested in the concept of the torrent data moving into something somewhat indestructible by also highly available, such as the bitcoin blockchain. Your torrent site then "mounts" the blockchain, scanning the chain for the torrent data (magnet URIs) necessary to bootstrap a corpus.

As an avid hater of Bitcoin and lover of copyright infringement, I am all for that! It would be great if we could get the MPA and RIAA to kill Bitcoin for us. People would still gamble away their life's savings on other scams, like Amway, slot machines, or Tesla stock, but at least they wouldn't waste gigawatts of electrical power doing it.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by einpoklum »

fartcannon wrote: post #37
toomuchtodo wrote: post #14

Earlier 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.

Microsoft would never do that unless their hands were forced. Too much potential business with them. We could try forcing their hands by removing all our code from Github?

I'm anxiously waiting for a quit-GitHub movement. I hold my source code there because of its popularity and "defaultish" nature. Of course I can go someplace else right now, but then people won't find my software.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by joshuaissac »

ihuman wrote: post #174
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This site is mainly used to share Japanese media. In fact, non-CJK media is explicitly prohibited by its terms. So it's a bit strange to see the MPAA making the takedown and mentioning their biggest members (all Hollywood) in the press release. I suppose the US subsidiaries or partners of certain Japanese media companies might be members of the MPAA? EDIT: Ah right, one of the companies named is Sony Pictures, whic…

Sony also owns Aniplex, which owns A-1 Pictures, CloverWorks, and Aniplex of America. Soon Sony Pictures will own Crunchyroll, too.

Not only that, but Sony Corporation, which owns Sony Pictures, is itself a Japanese company.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by donmcronald »

jokethrowaway wrote: post #150

I think the only solution is self-hosting. Would a hosting provider (excluding AWS, given recent news) comply with these baseless requests? I'm personally done with Github. Gitlab is a bit too heavy to run but I can live with Trello and my own git server - all my OSS projects I care about have their own website anyway (ironically, moving from Github Pages to Netlify will be the most annoying part).

For small or independent developers Gitea is really nice. The thing with GitHub and (especially) GitLab is they’re really focused on enterprise customers, so, if you’re a small developer, you get forced into using all the bloat that only makes sense once you need a ton of collaboration.

I hope Cloudflare pages ends up being as good as the sales pitch. It looks promising if it does.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by phkahler »

slg wrote: post #92
cataphract wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they can be sure there is no copyright violation, then what would the downside be? By not acting on the DMCA notice, they would lose their safe harbor, which would be inconsequential.

The downside is that the safe harbor protections apply to the entire site. Even if this content is fine, there is certainly some content on GitHub that violates copyright and Microsoft would want safe harbor protections in those instances. They therefore can't completely abandon the DMCA. My understanding is that in order to continue participating in the DMCA the recipient needs to act on all requests. That doesn't n…

>> The downside is that the safe harbor protections apply to the entire site. Even if this content is fine, there is certainly some content on GitHub that violates copyright and Microsoft would want safe harbor protections in those instances.

Hey! Finally a legal reason not to have massive centralization! OK my enthusiasm is exaggerated.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by faitswulff »

Macha wrote: post #147
jniedrauer wrote: post #110

This site is mainly used to share Japanese media. The streaming services have really dropped the ball in this area. They either don't simulcast to other parts of the world (netflix), offer terrible subtitles that are worse than fan translations (netflix, crunchyroll), or just plain never release content for international audiences. I pay for every relevant streaming service I can, and even when I can access legal, of…

Yeah, I subscribe to Crunchyroll, Netflix, Prime Video, and Funimation. Or in other words, 100% of services with streaming anime available in my country. To be fair, seasonal anime gets a good coverage with those. Netflix's player is pretty good, but the rest vary from meh to awful (I have never successfully changed the timestamp in Funimation's player without playback crashing within the next minute). But back catal…

Aside, but Made in Abyss was fantastic.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by munk-a »

fartcannon wrote: post #165
lstamour wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The occasional prominent developer has left GitHub for GitLab, but it hasn’t made much of a difference. I don’t see organizations moving off GitHub if they’re already using it. I think GitHub is independent enough from Microsoft that the two could take different stances on these disputes. Certainly I’d expect a DMCA takedown of content on a Microsoft service like OneDrive to be ultimately handled differently from a t…

Github is as independent from Microsoft as WhatsApp is from Facebook.

Thankfully I am not yet required to sign on to github using 2FA that can only be confirmed on a Zune. Microsoft has been pretty good at leveraging github for the publicity of supporting developers (hosting informational streams and the like) while leaving the platform pretty independent.

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft viewed Github like McDonalds views the Ronald McDonald House - a long term PR investment that's well worth the marginal cost.

Re: GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

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Post by femto113 »

Hamuko wrote: post #181
phkahler wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking the same until this part: >> 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. It's one thing to host software that can be used for this. It's another to host software specifically configured for it. Still might be legal. I wanted to see what the linked configuration files actually co…

https://web.archive.org/web/20201105144800/https://codeload.... Have at 'em. .docker/es_sync_config.json .docker/nyaa-config-partial.py config.example.py migrations/versions/2bceb2cb4d7c_add_comment_count_to_torrent.py nyaa/api_handler.py nyaa/static/search-sukebei.xml nyaa/templates/home.html nyaa/torrents.py utils/api_info.py utils/api_uploader_v2.py

The smoking gun is right there in config.example.py:

    TRACKER_API_AUTH = 'topsecret'
    TRACKER_API_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:6881/api'
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