Re:Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020)
by colejohnson66 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:27PM
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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
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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.