Comment by summarity
12 days ago
Is there a ticket code or other contact you've been in touch with?
As for DMCA filings, we publish all of them here: https://github.com/github/dmca
I see two from Photopea, one from 2022 (https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/d97814f268e07e62aabe8b5c...) and one from 2024 (https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/d97814f268e07e62aabe8b5c...) - could you point to the recent filing?
I work at GH, but am not involved in DMCA filings, and can in no way answer or judge this case, but potentially follow up internally.
Thanks! One is Ticket 4822535, another is Ticket 4726557.
Github did take down this https://github.com/spooknik/Photopea-Appimage and other repos in the past, but now, I feel like I talk to a robot. I am happy to hear that they have real employee! :D
Github asked me to file a new ticket, so it is all under Ticket 4833281 now.
Good to know, I had let the team know. It’s handled by the appropriate folks so I won’t see further updates, but this should be in good hands now.
Personal(!) opinion: do get a standard template drafted for these cases by a legal professional. You don’t have to retain anyone or sue anyone, but having a consistent, and compliant filing always expedites decisions - this isn’t GitHub specific. Some platforms like YouTube try to abstract this process and end up with the opposite problem of lots of specious claims. Hence the transparency of publishing all notices we receive. Again no idea whether the filing is the issue in this specific case, nor saying you did anything wrong here, just general advice for fewer headaches.