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Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back The GitHub Blog
https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/
>Today we reinstated youtube-dl, a popular project on GitHub, after we received additional information about the project that enabled us to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown.
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>At GitHub, our priority is supporting open source and the developer community. And so we share developers’ frustration with this takedown—especially since this project has many legitimate purposes. Our actions were driven by processes required to comply with laws like the DMCA that put platforms like GitHub and developers in a difficult spot. And our reinstatement, based on new information that showed the project was not circumventing a technical protection measure (TPM), was inline with our values of putting developers first. We know developers want to understand what happened here, and want to know how GitHub will stand up for developers and refine our processes on these issues.
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>In this post, we provide answers to common questions about the DMCA and why GitHub handled this case the way we did, describe why circumvention claims deserve special treatment, and share how we’re updating our policies and fighting to improve the law.
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@geniusmusing I’ll read the article later, but does this mean that #Microsoft is going to assist in overturning the vastly unjust #DMCA law? I mean, #GitHub is significant to developers, but to the outside world, they’re invisible. But if Microsoft as a whole says “DMCA is unfair, unjust, and hurting copyright and patent dependent industries by enabling cartels like #RIAA and #MPAA to freely trample on smaller, independent content producers and the people who just want to enjoy music and movies”, some of those empty-headed congressionals might listen.
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>but does this mean that #Microsoft is going to assist in overturning the vastly unjust #DMCA law?
Not directly, see below but there are many more details in the entire post about what they are going to do starting with how they process the initial DMCA claim and do an internal evaluation of the legality of it before the developer even see the claim and then work with the developer as to how they can fix the issue before it goes farther. I think that while not a total solution that the FOSS community would like, what they will be doing in the future is much better than the old process and they are going to help developers with a $1 million fund.
Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back The GitHub Blog
https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/
>Developer defense fund
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>Developers who are personally affected by a takedown notice or other legal claim rely on non-profits like the Software Freedom Law center and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to provide them with legal advice and support in the event that they face an IP claim, under the DMCA or otherwise. These organizations provide critical legal support to developers who would otherwise be on their own, facing off against giant corporations or consortia.
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>Nonetheless, developers who want to push back against unwarranted takedowns may face the risk of taking on personal liability and legal defense costs. To help them, GitHub will establish and donate $1M to a developer defense fund to help protect open source developers on GitHub from unwarranted DMCA Section 1201 takedown claims. We will immediately begin working with other members of the community to set up this fund and take other measures to collectively protect developers and safeguard developer collaboration.
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>If you want to support developers facing legal challenges, you can consider supporting SFLC and EFF yourself as well.
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