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Re:Qualcomm issues DMCA takedowns for 116 GitHub repositorie... by spikexxx on Thursday July 03, 2014 @01:26PM (#7984436)
You can't ignore a request. But you can make them work for it. For example:

http://www.diynetwork.com/about-us/dmca-digital-millennium-c...

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Re:Qualcomm issues DMCA takedowns for 116 GitHub repositorie... by jrochkind1 on Thursday July 03, 2014 @04:29PM (#7985556)
You _can_ ignore a request. You'll just be liable for any potential copyright infringement on the content you ignored the request to takedown.

But yes, effectively, it is not reasonable for a company to ignore the takedown request.

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