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>>heshie+(OP)
"Even if I believe that what I'm doing is morally correct and legally protected, legal processes still have a financial cost. I can't afford to take on that financial risk for something that I do in my spare time to help others." - this is very logical and exactly what I would have done but it still makes me very sad that this is the way the world works right now :(

>>jonoc+G9
I wish GitHub would do more to protect developers from this bullshit.

I know they aren’t required to, but I remember the olden days when more companies would fight dmca requests. But I suppose they were much less common then.

The EFF might help, but even expecting individuals to appeal to the EFF is probably too much work and too much risk.

I’d like to see GitHub partner with EFF to have first look at these requests and choose to fight ones that seem invalid. I’d donate to they cause.