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by WillPostForFood 2332 days ago
That’s not really how it works. If you claim DMCA protection, and you receive a DMCA request, you have to take the content down. GitHub/Microsoft doesn’t adjudicate the validity of the takedown request. The takedown can be appealed, but the burden falls on the person who’s content was taken down.
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Companies could choose to assess the validity of the claim, they just don't for practical purposes.
That's dumb. I actually didn't realize it was this broken until now. Thanks.
Now? The DMCA came out 22 years ago.
Every day people learn new things that others think is common knowledge.
Whoops, I read the person I was responding to as saying "it has gotten worse now", not that they just realize it now. Didn't mean to shame someone for not knowing something!
Or, as it were, when you were writing this commment: Shamed for knowing something.
Turns out I was right though.