Jan 26, 2021 09:00:00

GitHub revives repository for torrent sharing site 'Nyaa.si'

GitHub has

shut down the repository of the Torrent sharing site Nyaa.si after receiving a request from the American Film Association (MPA) to remove it, but a few days later it overturned the decision and revived the repository, file sharing The related news site TorrentFreak reports.

GitHub Restores NYAA Repository As It Isn't Clearly'Preconfigured to Infringe' * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/github-restores-nyaa-repository-as-it-isnt-clearly-preconfigured-to-infringe-210121/

Nyaa.si is the successor to Nyaa Torrent, a torrent sharing site specializing in Japanese and Chinese anime, and hosts many pirated torrent files. For some time, MPA has criticized Nyaa.si as a 'major pirated sharing site', demanding closure and settlement.

However, since the source code of Nyaa.si has been released, even if the site was closed, clone sites were opened one after another, and it looked like a cat-and-mouse game. That's why MPA decided to delete the main Nyaa.si repository.

MPA says, 'Nyaa.si infringes countless copyrights, including the copyrights of companies that belong to MPA. It is clear that copyright infringement is the main use of Nyaa.si.' He submitted a request to delete the Nyaa.si repository to GitHub under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) . In response to this, GitHub stopped publishing the repository on January 14, 2021.

GitHub suspends repository of torrent sharing site 'Nyaa.si' and receives application from Motion Picture Association --GIGAZINE

According to GitHub, the developer of the project had to be contacted and deleted or modified before the repository was released, but the maintainers didn't respond.

Normally, the Nyaa.si repository was deleted at this stage, and this one should have ended. However, a GitHub spokeswoman told TorrentFreak, 'I didn't get a response from the maintainers, but I decided to do another review on GitHub to make a firm decision on how to resolve the issue.' ..

As a result of reexamination by GitHub, GitHub claimed that 'the source code of Nyaa.si did not contain the' part that was intended to infringe copyright in advance 'as claimed by MPA.' Concludes that the evidence is inadequate.

In addition, GitHub has determined that 'GitHub does not meet the requirements of the DMCA's removal policy because it has not been proven that the Nyaa.si source code was constructed with the intention of infringing. That's why we decided to restore the content that was once unpublished. '

In fact, at the time of writing, the Nyaa.si repository has been revived and republished. However, if the MPA points out in the source code that it intends to infringe copyright, it will be examined again.

'The overall purpose of GitHub is to help developers,' GitHub told TorrentFreak. 'We support developers as much as possible and make their projects as accessible as possible under the law.' I did.