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Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

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Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

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Post by k-mcgrady »

cantbecool wrote: post #10

Is it against GitHub's TOS? I have a web app, http://www.moviemagnet.net , that's a movie torrent aggregator that I was going to throw up on GitHub after I wrote some integration tests. It would be shocking to me that they would remove the repo since they weren't technically serving torrents.

>> "It would be shocking to me that they would remove the repo since they weren't technically serving torrents."

I don't think it matters if they're serving torrents or not. The movie industry will likely sue them anyway and GitHub probably doesn't want to be involved in any way.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

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Post by maxerickson »

cantbecool wrote: post #10

Is it against GitHub's TOS? I have a web app, http://www.moviemagnet.net , that's a movie torrent aggregator that I was going to throw up on GitHub after I wrote some integration tests. It would be shocking to me that they would remove the repo since they weren't technically serving torrents.

The TOS don't make any promises:

GitHub does not pre-screen Content, but GitHub and its designee have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via the Service.

and

We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

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Post by jherdman »

maxerickson wrote: post #13
cantbecool wrote: post #10

Is it against GitHub's TOS? I have a web app, http://www.moviemagnet.net , that's a movie torrent aggregator that I was going to throw up on GitHub after I wrote some integration tests. It would be shocking to me that they would remove the repo since they weren't technically serving torrents.

The TOS don't make any promises: GitHub does not pre-screen Content, but GitHub and its designee have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via the Service. and We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, porn…

> "...and its designee..."

Can someone explain to me whom this portion of the clause refers to?

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#16

Post by star0zero »

VMG wrote: post #15

Forks of https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app are still online. Beware the speculations until you hear a statement from either the developers or github.

I'm not sure when the site was updated, but it looks like it goes the way of muxtape - http://getpopcornti.me/

Edit: Looks like this was written almost a couple weeks ago (March 14th, 2014 according to the time stamp on their medium post https://medium.com/p/93f890b8c9f4)

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

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Post by lmm »

jherdman wrote: post #14
maxerickson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The TOS don't make any promises: GitHub does not pre-screen Content, but GitHub and its designee have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via the Service. and We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, porn…

> "...and its designee..." Can someone explain to me whom this portion of the clause refers to?

Anyone who Github has said it does ("designated").
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