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PSA: If you're going to write software for piracy, put it on I2P! (geti2p.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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movie-web was just taken down with all its repos, Yuzu was taken down, then suyu forked it on gitlab and was taken down, countless clones of nintendo games, platform emulators, and a bunch of other things are taken down because they are hosted on the clear web.

If you're a dev and planning to write software for piracy, host it on I2P!

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just don’t use public and free services like GitHub or GitLab. Setup your own webspace with a trusty provider, install Gitea/Forgejo and host the code yourself. It’s that easy!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Then they can request the provider to hand out your details just like they can with github, gitlab, codeberg, or whatever.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But they can’t just DMCA it under false premises. GitHub and others just don’t want to risk anything and are pretty quick with taking down repos without checking anything.

Also there are still a few countries that don’t bow before the US-invention that is the DMCA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If they don't honor DMCA, what stops them from suing you? And if they got that far, wouldn't you rather want a DMCA?

Probably staying on the clear web is good for discoverability, but that's a two edged sword, because if you piss them off enough, a DMCA would be the best outcome.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

At least in Germany, many of these copyright claims have no real legal grounds and wouldn't hold up in an actual trial. All cases I've read into so far ended with a settlement - as the private person was too afraid of even more legal fees. Or were dropped completely after a while (full of empty threats) if the people never engaged with the other party.

[–] Titou 1 points 1 month ago

Just host it on a russian server and problem is fixed