GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si

Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by La1n on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:30PM (#25836811)

And in the Netherlands those used to make sense. As downloading copyrighted material was legal for personal use

https://mashable.com/2014/04/10/downloading-pirated-content-...

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Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by formerly_proven on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:46PM (#25837004)

Introduce levy to cover for people copying stuff, then introduce copy protection and anti-circumvention laws so copying becomes illegal. Continue to collect levy. Ingenious.

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Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by Hamuko on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @02:14PM (#25837474)

I think the basis is that you're still allowed to make private copies of CDs/DVDs/etc pretty much throughout EU.

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Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by Faark on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:28PM (#25841458)

Not when you'd need to circumvent DRM, thanks to EU Copyright Directive Article 6.

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