There’s lots of content sitting just below the surface on github. Any time you make a PR on a repo, even if it gets closed or “deleted” by the repo owner, the actual link to the file itself stays there forever if you save it. Github’s own dmca repo even has warez links on it, sitting there for years.
I think you can get some kind of exemption for archival purposes. I know that the Internet Archive has one. But I also know that ultimately Microsoft is responsible for the data hosted on Github, and Microsoft’s interest is to not even risk getting sued.
Copyrighted content
Idk man 🧐
Run the countdown to when it’s taken down
There’s lots of content sitting just below the surface on github. Any time you make a PR on a repo, even if it gets closed or “deleted” by the repo owner, the actual link to the file itself stays there forever if you save it. Github’s own dmca repo even has warez links on it, sitting there for years.
Oh that’s cool, I had no idea! Though does that apply to content removed for DMCAs?
Usually entire repos are disabled in that case. I’ve never tried to access hidden content on a DMCA-removed repo, but I assume it would not work.
You could argue that since it’s publicly available and this repo only archives it that… I don’t know man Copyright law is confusing.
I think you can get some kind of exemption for archival purposes. I know that the Internet Archive has one. But I also know that ultimately Microsoft is responsible for the data hosted on Github, and Microsoft’s interest is to not even risk getting sued.