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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak
torrentfreak.com/nintendo-wipes-out-400-switch-emulator-repos-in-single-day-github-sweep/Replying to @themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Maybe we could build a distributed Github you can’t just delete with something decentralized and versioning, like Hypercore protocol or IPLD (InterPlanetary Linked Data), Ceramic Network?
About legality: that’s (japanese) Nintendo using US media laws gone rogue to swipe repos on a US hoster (Github). Maybe don’t use a US hoster next time.
And yeah, Europe isn’t much better there.
Github =/= git.
Just stop using Github already.
I am not so sure this situation would be much better on other services. Nintendo could steamroll smaller companies.
You can host it on servers outside of their jurisdiction or with laws that better protect or prevent companies abuse. Anyone can host git is the point, you dont have to use GitHub.
Have you seen what happens to ANY website hosting pirated Nintendo content? How many of them are still online?
Lots are. Just because you see a lot of media articles about it, doesnt mean they are actually making a dent.
Presumptuous and incorrect. They have made a big dent already. Entire communities abandoned and dev teams disbanded. No-one is willing to share links publicly anymore. Thus my point - hosting their pirated content on any site that wishes to operate or be accessed from US, EU or the UK would be committing a suicide by defending, or even not taking action on their dmca requests.
Replying to @filcuk@feddit.uk
But it exists, many sites!
Keep living in your fantasy world!