Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

github.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

271–280 of 328 posts

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

#271

Post by DiabloD3 »

outworlder wrote: post #216
speeder wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well... they already succeeded in screwing some hardware and software this way. When Windows Vista was about to launch, MPAA pushed hard for DVD copy protection, this resulted in a sudden push against CRT monitors, in favor of then lower quality LCD, to force the usage of HDMI cables (because they have DRM), they also pushed hard for Microsoft to change what soundcards were allowed to do, again because of DRM. This c…

> were about to have breakthrough in lightweight CRT Never heard of this. There's a limit on how lightweight a CRT can be, compared to what amounts to essentially a large chip. Maybe that wasn't so bad. Also, unless this breakthrough no longer used an electron gun, they are power hogs. > to force the usage of HDMI cables What's preventing one from driving a CRT with a HDMI signal? You can generate the analog signals…

> Never heard of this.

SED. Patent bullshit killed it off, Canon decided to end the project instead of producing what could have been the greatest display technology of all time.

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

#272

Post by oarsinsync »

almaember wrote: post #128
_jal wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Such a claim is pretty weak, actually. MS would not be held responsible for code in someone's GHE instance any more than they would for a movie stored on an NTFS file system. So the sales rep is likely just going to be confused by the attempt to use unrelated leverage.

No, but GHE is paid software. And not like it's impossible to migrate, it's just a fancy git frontend after all. Gogs/Gitea/Gitlab CE is completely capable of doing what it does.

Cost of migrating from GHE to something else usually exceeds the cost of GHE itself.

Migrations generally are non trivial. They don't generally happen just to push one's principles.

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

#274

Post by [deleted] »

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…

[deleted]

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

#275

Post by c2h5oh »

AWildC182 wrote: post #270
c2h5oh wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a history of bad faith claims in the courts? I suspect there isn't or at best very limited. It goes like this: 1. MPA sends a notice, content is taken down/disabled 2a) No response to takedown notice is sent, because the next step MPA can take after that is to take you to court. If you win the best case scenario is you recover your legal costs (but not the time). Content stays down. 2b) A response to takedow…

IANAL but best I can tell it is with regards to filing the takedown notice rather than taking them to court. If it is just the sending of a takedown notice, then holy fuck have they abused it.

Oh, most certainly they have abused it, no question about that.

The problem is if either side folded at notice / notice response step, then that abuse is visible only to platforms that receive those notices, not to the courts.

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

#276

Post by blacklight »

GitHub blindly taking down another repo after another dumb DMCA complaint is just giving me the last push to migrate my projects to a self-hosted Gitlab instance.

I've first thought of it after the youtube-dl takedown, and decided to schedule the migration after the company fired a jew employee who called the Capitol Hill protestors Nazis, but I admit that I've got a bit lazy in the meantime.

Thanks GitHub for reminding me that I shouldn't be this lazy and I should move my software ASAP to a safe home where I don't have to worry about my code disappearing from the web overnight because of a dumb lawyer who has no clue of what he's talking about when he talks about tech.

When open-source developers get pissed of how you treat their projects (most of them developed and maintained for free) they don't come down to the streets, they don't take you to courts, they don't harass your employees. They just move their projects somewhere else, update the URLs provided online, and go on with their lives as if nothing happened. And we all know that GitHub without projects and without developers is nothing but a shiny empty box. I wish you guys enjoy your shiny empty box soon - maybe ask one of those lawyers to contribute some code to it.

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

#278

Post by munk-a »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #247
munk-a wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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'…

> Thankfully I am not yet required to sign on to github using 2FA that can only be confirmed on a Zune. Strawman: Microsoft doesn't require you to come from their hardware for any of their properties, and of course Zune is a dead platform.

Except that Facebook has been integrating their sign on service into various acquisitions - using Zune (or any hardware) was quite hyperbolic of me. For a more even handed comparison: I'm not required to use a Live login to authorize with github.

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

#279

Post by mcdevilkiller »

Aerroon wrote: post #233
whateveracct wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> by enabling directory indexing and uploading MP4s? this shows how the MPAA is a short hop away from saying possessing a DRM-free mp4 is tantamount to intent to infringe on copyright

Copyright advocates in the past have successfully argued that empty CDs are tantamount to copyright infringement. Some countries (Spain) have even had (still does?) a tax on HDDs and SSDs. You pay extra when purchasing a harddrive, because it's possible to put pirated works on it. We've already made that hop.

We do still have, yes. And I'm pretty sure most of Europe, too.

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

#280

Post by apolymath »

femto113 wrote: post #190
Hamuko wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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'

They might as well send a DMCA to Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, and Apple to take down their web browsers since their web browsers allow users to download copywritten materials.
Post reply on HN