DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
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Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#2Is it really even news when an app essentially dedicated to copyright infringement is claimed to violate copyright laws? Popcorn Time isn't a general-purpose app that happened to be used for copyright-infringing purposes sometimes. It was designed to help people infringe copyrights by making it as easy as possible.
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#3any response form Github Inc ? i don't see any official word
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#4any response form Github Inc ? i don't see any official word
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Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#5any response form Github Inc ? i don't see any official word
https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
https://github.com/time4popcorn/popcorntime-desktop
https://github.com/time4popcorn/popcorntime-android
Are all unavailable, citing the DMCA request. So... that's probably Github's response.
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#6any response form Github Inc ? i don't see any official word
As far as I know, Github has never made any official response to DMCA take down requests. All they do is simply making them public in this repository. (https://github.com/github/dmca)
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#7Github Terms state: "You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright or trademark laws)."
which seems a bit wishy washy. The use of Github to host code doesn't seem to be violating any laws. The execution of the code does however. Splitting hairs no doubt, but it doesn't seem that merely hosting code that facilities copyright infringement is in itself copyright infringement. Granted if Github wants to uphold DMCA Safe Harbor they need to respond right away.
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#8How is it okay for source code that enables infringement but does not infringe itself to be taken down by a DMCA request?
The claimant in this case doesn't own any of the rights to the software yet wants it removed anyway ...
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#9Wasn't popcorn time just a "tool" ?
The tool is not infringing on copyrights until the user actually runs the application.
Re: DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4Popcorn
#10Good luck keeping any clones from popping up in the future, especially in a decentralized repository.