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> your DMCA policy to take down the repository without even a standby period (perhaps with a warning?).

See https://github.com/github/dmca/pull/10944:

  > Before disabling any content in relation to this takedown notice, GitHub
  > - contacted the owners of some or all of the affected repositories to give them an opportunity to make changes.
  > - provided information on how to submit a DMCA Counter Notice.
(Disclosure: I work at GitHub)


One of the SymPy maintainers said they responded within 2 hours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31091731


Unless i'm mistaken about the law[0], they can only restore it after 10 business days to give the legal team of HackerRank (the claimant) time to file suit.

0: 17 U.S.C. ยง 512(g)(2)(b) and (c) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512


>> > - contacted the owners of some or all of the affected repositories to give them an opportunity to make changes.

This implies that GitHub is believing the DCMA notice is justified in the first place...




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