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popcorntime was taken "banned" due to a DMCA take down requested by the MPAA[1] and not for violating Github rules which are pretty permissive[2]. 1. https://g
by starnixgod 12y ago
popcorntime was taken "banned" due to a DMCA take down requested by the MPAA[1] and not for violating Github rules which are pretty permissive[2].
1. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ccbdf1e3d20c78616c9a0953b387c6a0e6bfc52/2014-07-11-MPAA.md https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ccbdf1e3d20c78616c9a095...
2. See G7 - https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service
- Buge 12y agoI would expect to see a DMCA request from Gamma as well. This seems like a better application for a DMCA than Popcorntime. This is actual copyrighted stuff taken from Gamma. With Popcorntime it was just a tool that could be used for taking copyrighted stuff.
- jevinskie 12y agoAh, what a "fun" repo. I feel somewhat proud to have contributed code to a repo that was part of the first DMCA takedown that Github has in the dmca repo. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-01-27-sony.markdown https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2011-01-27-sony.m...