This isn't a DMCA takedown. It's a cease and desist letter citing the DMCA.*

The difference matters. GitHub is required to honor DMCA takedowns. Other legal requests are granted on a case by case basis.*

-- /u/telionn @ reddit

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/jgub36/youtubedl_just_received_a_dmca_takedown_from_riaa/g9syfde/

As I understand, takedown is a 17 USC 512 (copyright infringement) safe-harbour, but not a required or indemnifying protection under 17 USC 1201, anti-circumvention:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201

Lumen (Chilling Effects) is silent on this point in their FAQ: https://lumendatabase.org/topics/14

@micahflee

#dmca #dmca512 #dmca1201 #dmcaSafeHarbor #dmcaAntiCircumvention