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Originally Posted by ragedogg69
Not true at all: http://torrentfreak.com/fact-wipes-p...github-141026/
Note this quote: “The files found at the following locations facilitate linking to sites known to provide access to streams of infringing content. The sites are subsequently scraped for links to various broadcasts including those whose copyrights belong to FACT members,”
If they are attacking the github for merely facilitating linking to sites, then XBMCHub could be in the same boat. I am not saying they should be, nor that this attack on the github is fair either, but that this is now a big concern. |
Sportsdevil will be fine. It still works, and someone will pick up the development eventually. The plugin went several years without a dedicated developer and it worked out just fine the entire time. XBMC isn't at any risk. Taking down github code has no connection to any users that use the github code. This was in the article:
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Also of interest is the formatting of FACT’s takedown notice, which references neither UK law where its members are based nor US law where Github is located.
“Our takedown notices are modeled on DMCA notices. In this particular case, they were adapted to comply with Github DMCA policy,” FACT confirmed.
It’s worth noting that Github recently updated its takedown processes to give projects more time to ‘fix’ any issues following a DMCA complaint but it appears SportsDevil’s creators didn’t take up that opportunity.
TF spoke with an expert on this type of software who told us that while its removal from Github will be a setback, it won’t mean the end of the tool.
“If an addon’s repository is removed from GitHub, the addon author loses the ability to push further updates to the addon, so unless users install the author’s new repository (which they would have to do manually) further automated updates won’t take place,” he explained.
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XBMCHub isn't even connected to XBMC/Kodi in any way. Nobody is worried at the site. I'm on there quite often, and they're not concerned about anything like that.