Saikou - the best Anime streaming app on Android - got DMCA'd
Saikou - the best Anime streaming app on Android - got DMCA'd
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
Yet another reminder that GitHub is not your friend, but also that borderline projects shouldn't be hosted on anyone else's server other than your own, you'll possess all the repository data, but you'll also be made to shut down anyway if on the clearnet, so I wonder if it's possible to host a forge through Tor/i2p or others.
Still, this is clearly wrong on who sent the DMCA, the apps never host the content, I hope they can get back up.
Exactly GitHub is owned by Microsoft
there are already many forges hosted through i2p, I imagine the same can be said for tor. That doesn't mean the host can't ban you there as well though.
I doubt this is larger than when MegaUpload got DMCA'd.
But yes, it's pretty big.
Yeah, I mean any Anime related app takedown
Imo this is why big projects that are borderline like this should use github alternatives, preferably self hosted solutions. This was always going to happen.
Hopefully they had backups elsewhere. This is why piracy apps need to at least try a little to not make their github so obviously a piracy app.
I hope @MonetarySqueeze@lemmy.dbzer0.com updates reiverr to use open source movies from the blender studio for the images/gifs so it can be passed off as a media app for non piracy related streaming
It was pretty popular and had thousands of stars. It even trended on GitHub
So this was pretty much unavoidable.
why is the DMCA the one area the government has apparently unlimited power and resources
It's frequently laywers and companies appeasing them, not the government.
Just use aniyomi, it's not locked to anilist
But I like Anilist. And the UI and features of Saikou
The UI of Tachiyomi isn't made for Anime. It's a Manga app and it's great for that, but it's horrible for Anime
Just try it. I backed it up. But you need to have an AniList account since it uses Anilist's API for a lot of features:
Lol. Somebody reposted my post on reddit: reddit.com/r/animepiracy/comments/16v4jru/saikou_the_best_anime_streaming_app_on_android/
I don't mind at all and am kinda happy.
The dev of Saikou made an announcement on the Discord about this
What the deuce is Chouten? I could not find a thing about it
Any fork?
I think all were also dmca’d
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/09/2023-09-20-corsearch.md
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?
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.
Legally, you cannot refuse. DMCA is written such that the host must take down first and ask questions later.
Then they would sue you and could get you in prison or at least you have to pay a very large fine. Possibly millions.
God damnit
Can you link their telegram?
It's gone
There must be a username/t.me link which is used previously
Yet another hydra head falls... 😂