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DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub (torrentfreak.com)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was wondering why these types of open source projects always push to Github, despite the latter always complying with DMCA. (I get that Github provides discoverabilty features, but it just isn't worth it to have all your work taken down).

On a similar note, has anyone tried out https://radicle.xyz/? It's supposed to actually make use of git's peer to peer nature (and not the client server model that everyone adopts with git) and ideally provide discoverability features.

The said I've only read the faq and haven't actually tried it myself. Basically I'm wondering if it's worth doing a deep dive on this technology

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Give CodeBerg a look. It's starting to pick up some steam.

https://codeberg.org/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

CodeBerg is a public instance of Forgejo. You can run your own local instance of Forgejo.

At some point they'll have federation working so you'll be able to use your home instance of Forgejo to interact with other projects/instances.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A lot of my favorite open source android apps have been switching to CodeBerg. Some of my less than legal ones have moved to Telegram, unfortunately. That aside, CodeBerg is great and hopefully it will gain even more traction soon.

It's nice that Obtainium supports CodeBerg, too. I have a few must-have apps that I like to keep up to date straight from their repositories.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of my less than legal ones have moved to Telegram

I'm intrigued

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Lol, its just my manga/anime apps. You can still find some of the repositories on github, but they moved all updates to TG. They also request users to not put the app name on any social media to avoid what happened to Tachiyomi.

There's a large sweep going on with anime piracy atm, too. Github has been obliterating apps left and right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't catch on because entry level devs love committing private keys

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

But how else am I to verify my trust? I trust GitHub!

[–] [email protected] 88 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The project is now being made available via a repo on cdm-project.com but how long that’s likely to last is unclear.

Please streisand it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've mirrored it to my own git server too https://git.ngram.ca/mirrors/cdrm-project I will ignore DCMAs because I (and the server) don't live in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Canada might start ignoring DMCA as a whole if the idiots in my government keep harassing them. Maybe that'll piss off Hollywood and friends in a useful way...

(Just ignore me laugh weeping at the prospect that billionaires stabbing each other in the back is the only thing I can look forward to in my country now)

[–] [email protected] 124 points 3 days ago (4 children)

hehe

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago

Curious to know what this email conversation looks like. 🍿

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

I mean, "fuck you OnlyFans" seems correct phrasing

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Codeberg exists. But no people still have to just flock to corporate bullshit and then be surprised when they pull a corporate bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Codeberg is great, but it is hosted in Germany, and subject to their laws. AFAIK, Germany has laws against tools for "circumventing copy protection", or "hacking".

So I am not sure that they can provide a save haven for tools, where some lawyer could argue these points successfully in front of a court.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Also has the highest rate of website take-downs/bans. To be fair: mostly revenge “naked pictures of my ex” websites. But yeah. Piracy + Germany = not good. You’d rather turn to the Netherlands for that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

ActivityPub is amazing for censorship because anything that gets posted to one instance gets immediately archived thousands of times over.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

There needs to be a widespread p2p solution for opensource projects before its too late. I have lost count of all the amazing stuff that has been gravity bombed from orbit.

There also needs to be a way for authors to submit things anonymously too and maybe sign their things with cryptographic keys to ID it. How many times has a company had a court order someone to cease and desist or simply acquire somebody's work?

[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 days ago (4 children)

p2p solution for opensource projects

That's called Git and it's been around longer than GitHub. There is also Usenet which by now is mostly dead. People fell for centralized alternatives. Oops :)

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (15 children)

Right? Git is literally decentralized. If you choose to use GitHub as a centralized Git service, that's on you.

(I will caveat this by saying we moved 2009scape off GitHub and the number of new contributors probably got cut in half. Mainstream services have a lot more eyes)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

Git is, but it has no process of discovery or hosting by itself. Those are needed to efficiently share open source software to large numbers of people.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You'd think Usenet is dead.
It's not.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I2p has a git service

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 days ago

sent a complaint

project has been ejected

Bad pattern.

The moment when GitHub was bought by M$, the risk of such behavior started.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Widevine, BTW, is a Google product that all the browser vendors agree to use. Its the only reason HTML5 has gotten anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Its crazy that we can't agree on any international rules except the ones that protect IP hoarding

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Ngl if you pirate indie porn you are scum. Most people who make it aren't well off.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

not everyone that downloads content isn’t paying for it… they might just want it in a place or format that isn’t being provided

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Is this a pirating tool or a tool for downloading local copies of what you did pay for? I know Fansly has weird settings where you lose access to stuff you paid for if you change your tier or need to lapse your membership for a bit. I stopped paying anyone when the archiving tool I used stopped working.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

This just implies that the Microsoft employee was an OnlyFans subscriber simp.

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