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Re:WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a we... by tsaoutourpants on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:39AM (#7271732)
That is not a DMCA takedown request. It is merely a takedown request. The person to whom it was sent has no obligation to comply.
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Re:WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a we... by comex on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:58AM (#7271893)
The copyright part is.

Also, I wouldn't describe the DMCA safe harbor as an obligation to comply. More of a benefit to complying that doesn't apply to trademark (with the default in both cases being susceptibility to hypothetical lawsuits).

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Re:WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a we... by tapsboy on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:09PM (#7271996)
It is a markdown version posted by github for the original DMCA takedown notice sent to github

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/README.markdown

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Re:WhatsApp issued takedown against alternative clients a we... by drakethes on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:58AM (#7271895)
If you visit any of the links in the request they state "Repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown"
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