Bypass Paywall Clean got DMcaD
Bypass Paywall Clean got DMcaD
Get the Backup Repo here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40015961
Gitlab seem to be terrible for rolling over for corps.
16 0 ReplyYeah, Gitlab take down the repo without notice. Github even gave the warning letter first before take down the repo
8 0 ReplyIf it's a DMCA takedown notice, both GitHub and GitLab are required to take it down. There is no real agency on the part of the hosting site.
It's up to the uploader to counterclaim and enable the host to make the content accessible again.
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Gitlab is a corp
4 0 Reply.. and corps are never your friend.
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Self-host the git please.
12 0 ReplyWe need a GitTorrent protocol with DHT. All forks could be one repository, and the identical code shared between them can be cross-seeded.
10 0 ReplyFinally a use for block chain tech.
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can still be DMCAd 🤷
6 0 ReplyHost it somewhere the DMCA doesn't apply
5 0 ReplyIt can but they have to go through the effort to actually follow through with the end goal. It's not just an easy automated bureaucratic process to keep stupid safe harbor provisions (that's why copyright claims are so abusable).
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So they took down a list of URI and some JavaScript references? On what grounds?
9 0 ReplyOn the grounds that the dmca is a blank check to let big corporations do whatever the fuck they want. It doesn't have to be legal, but if you don't take whatever they want down then that's illegal and could get you (GitHub, in this case) in serious trouble.
7 0 ReplyI haven't gone into detail on this, but I suspect some shiny-suited, greasy-haired wanker lawyer has been able to make a case that things like site-specific CSS classes and the like can somehow be covered by DMCA.
I'm 100% speculating (not American, not a lawyer) but it's more than URIs and Javascript, is what I'm saying.
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Is self hosting it with Forgejo over Tor an idea?
8 0 ReplyPerhaps https://radicle.xyz/
I was just looking at that today due to the increase in repo takedowns lately.
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Thanks for the share - have grabbed the latest Firefox repo for my private Forgejo.
6 0 ReplyMost of the time, if you disable javascript, it may work or if you use the archive.is site, I think it's called, then it works.
6 0 ReplyDoes this affect the Firefox version? I only see discussion around the Chrome extension so far.
1 0 Replyall of the repo get 404. Get the latest backup here https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url=https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean.git https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url=https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean.git
4 0 ReplyThe add-on is still available in the add-on store:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-for-firefox/
1 1 ReplyThat is the pre-forked version, which doesn't have nearly as much support as Magnolia's version.
The pre-forked version's code is still on GitHub, but the last commit was 6 months ago.
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
Here's a bit of history of the forks (unfortunately the conversation was on GitLab, so this is an archive).
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