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Comment by forty

2 years ago

Or we can simply have a git hoster which is not in the US and as such is not impacted by DCMA

The overarching terms of the DMCA are specified by the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty, which every developed country has implemented.

  • It might be, but enforcement is a different thing. For example russian search engines are not blocking streaming websites like US/EU ones do.

    • Countries don't care about copyright until they make stuff worth stealing.

Seriously. When is this happening?

Broadly speaking, it's inevitable that some jurisdiction will decide to observe the unclothed emperor here and create a legal framework without the yoke of all of this "intellectual property". Obviously, it will thrive, and everyone will flock to use services there.

What then?