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A single DMCA anti-circumvention notice, sent by Nintendo on the one-year anniversary of its 2024 lawsuit against Yuzu, showed just how much things can change in a year. Targeting nine repos linked to Switch emulator Ryujinx, the domino effect led to the removal of 4,238 repos. Elsewhere, the distilled components of Yuzu's demise can be found in recent takedown notices

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 45 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

My repo is fine, because its not online. Keeping them online is just silly.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I host my own gitlab instance.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Same. Super easy to do, easy to mirror repos, easy to keep offline...

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Even if its online (gitlab.melroy.org), I own my data. And GitHub or any other company can't decide for me when to remove content.