[dlanouette]

That was an option that he gave (towards the bottom). I have no idea if GH passes these on to the repo owner or not. GH may have just removed the repos.

But, the original author did give that option.

[jcoby]

github is pretty accommodating to DMCA notifications [1]. They give the infringing repo 24 hours to comply with the terms of the notice.

1. https://help.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy/