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morelish | 3 years ago

Yeah I didn't really expect they would get an original copy of the material. However, what worried me was how does the process prevent malicious DMCA notices? Could I just start filing DMCA notices against repos I don't like?

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rosndo|3 years ago

> Could I just start filing DMCA notices against repos I don't like?

Yeah, and unless they file counter notices Github has to take down those repos.

> However, what worried me was how does the process prevent malicious DMCA notices?

Well, it can’t. It’s just illegal to do that.

morelish|3 years ago

There's a wider issue around any cloud SAAS offering. You really need to keep local copies of stuff if you want to be sure you can reproduce your build. As there's a chance, even a good-natured cloud provider will be forced to take something that you rely upon down.