GitHub's pages targeted by porn industry DMCA request to Google

GitHub's pages targeted by porn industry DMCA request to Google(gist.github.com)

90 points by brabram 11 years ago | 7 comments

tach4n 11 years ago |

"targeted" seems to be exactly the wrong word to use here, and "going after" decidedly not what is happening which is precisely the problem here - porn companies (or their representatives) are just indiscriminately firing off DMCA take-down requests any time they get spooked about infringers, without regard for where their "bullets" are going.

janfoeh 11 years ago |

    This has been remedied.

    I would add that Nate Glass, owner of Take Down Piracy, sent a heartfelt apology and has indicated that GitHub.com is now white-listed by his company.

https://github.com/knockout/knockout/issues/1674#issuecommen...

bigbugbag 11 years ago | |

What a nice invitation to have a github repository for links and magnets to any material that Take Down Piracy is supposed to protect.

bmh_ca 11 years ago | | |

I would imagine that TDP/industry could work with GitHub directly (as opposed to search engines like Google), and GitHub themselves would be conscious to this sort of thing themselves - it being contrary to their terms:

> 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.

- https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/

ambrop7 11 years ago |

I have a great idea for a game. Go to the linked page[1], and find as many facebook/twitter/whatever links as possible.

I mean holy shit, you even get popups when you select text.

Hint: Some of the goodness only shows up if the window is large enough. Responsive facebooking FTW!

[1] http://motherboard.vice.com/read/porn-companies-are-going-af...

hellbanner 11 years ago | |

Is this just about vice's web design?