Even the Discord and Buymeacoffee page got taken down. This is larger than any other DMCA I know of

Edit: even the Telegram has been nuked. Yup, Telegram

Slight correction: the discord isn’t down. I just couldn’t find it in my list of servers

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    Question - What happens if we are hosting a Git repo ourselves, like using Gitea or something, and we receive a DMCA takedown request and we refuse? I mean, they can take down the domain, but what if weare hosting on a personal homeserver and keep changing domains whenever they take one down?

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      Then it’s your choice to comply, call their bluff, or do whatever you want. I’ve seen people who doxxed the DMCA sender and made threats towards the sending agent (the hoster was Russian).

      Though best course of action would be to comply or ignore it, don’t do what that guy did, best to keep quiet than to stir up trouble.

      Outright refusal or ignoring it does come with the risk of litigation (threats can accelerate it or lead to prosecution) assuming you’re within their jurisdiction.

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      Legally, you cannot refuse. DMCA is written such that the host must take down first and ask questions later.

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        Nobody would use the app then because nobody know of it and people would download viruses.

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            Doesn’t really fix the issue if it’s only available over Tor or I2P.

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              The F-droid repository would be in the clear net I believe, I may be wrong, but it’s way more unlikely that it would get shut down IMO, it doesn’t get much traffic as a web page

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                That really doesn’t change that they have to comply with DMCA requests.

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      Then they would sue you and could get you in prison or at least you have to pay a very large fine. Possibly millions.