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Re:Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020) by einpoklum on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:22PM (#25853241)
> If that's correct, then can you really criticize github for following an odious law?

You can criticize them and you should.It is their choice to run GitHub in a US jurisdiction. Many other places in the world are not as repressive.

(Plus, I'm betting there's at least some mechanism to reject frivolous DMCA takedown requests immediately.)

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Re:Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020) by colejohnson66 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:27PM (#25853279)
If Microsoft moved GitHub out of the US, Microsoft is still a US company and subject to their laws. Microsoft could move out, but the Long Arm of the US Law(tm) won’t care if the executives live in the US.
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Re:Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020) by einpoklum on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:29AM (#25859132)
1. So GitHub should not have been sold to Microsoft.

2. Microsoft could spin off GitHub into a separate, non-US entity, outside its legal control for purposes of DMCA enforcement. Of course, it obviously won't do that, since it doesn't help the bottom line.

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