GitHub launches 'Developer Rights Fellowship' to legally support developers, efforts to protect developers from copyright abuse
GitHub announces 'Developer Rights Fellowship ' on July 27, 2021 to protect developers from excessive copyright infringement proceedings under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Did. This will allow software developers to receive legal expert support for notifications and removal requests regarding the 'prohibition of bypassing copyright protection measures' stipulated in the DMCA.
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Mike Linksbyer, Head of Developer Policy at GitHub, took advantage of the $ 1 million Developer Defense Fund on July 27 at the Stanford Law School Legal Counseling Center. Announced that it has opened a 'Developer Rights Fellowship' at the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic.
The reason why GitHub embarked on an effort to protect developers from copyright abuse through the Developer Rights Fellowship is that the removal application under Article 1201 of the DMCA has become a major issue.
In 2020, GitHub deleted the repository of YouTube video downloader 'youtube-dl ' in response to a DMCA petition by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) . This is because youtube-dl's ability to download YouTube copyrighted videos has been determined to be a 'bypass of technical safeguards' prohibited by DMCA Article 1201.
However, open source organizations and from the journalists 'not come as a copyright infringement' against this decision repulsive thing addition there were numerous voices that, 'the tool for the Electronic Frontier Foundation also GitHub in violation of Section 1201 DMCA Not. ' In response, GitHub finally decided to withdraw the measure to remove 'youtube-dl' and restore the repository.
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In a statement, Lynx Buyer said, 'DMCA Article 1201 is a particularly headache for open source developers who do not have the resources of large companies and work in their spare time. When a developer developing a tool for study or public interest faces a removal request under Section 1201, they often take great care to remove the entire code and keep it away from the public interest. ' indicate. He explained that he has set up a framework for legal support for developers to solve these problems.
With the launch of the Developer Rights Fellowship, developers will be able to provide legal advice to the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic upon receipt of a removal request under Article 1201 of the DMCA. In addition, the counseling center will provide legal education and information to developers, and will also legally support lawyers and students at the counseling center on how to cooperate with developers and the open source community. Training on the method will be given. This mutual collaboration can be expected to create a legal environment that is friendly to software developers, says Links Buyer.
Professor Philip R. Malone of Stanford Law School said of the effort, 'We are pleased to further advance our mission to inform open source developers and support their important work. GitHub's generous support for this fellowship is to ensure fair and open software development under the law and to protect the right of the community to benefit all of us through creativity and innovation. It will be connected. '
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