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"Responses using this status code SHOULD include an explanation, in the response body, of the details of the legal demand: the party making it, the applicable legislation or regulation, and what classes of person and resource it applies to."

So in the articles example, GitHub should really include who is requesting the DCMA in the response.

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While it isn't part of the 451 response, you can see the takedown notice submitted to GitHub. Load the blocked content in a browser and you will see a message with a link to the takedown notice. Here's an example: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app

Their link to the DMCA should be included in the response. It's weird that it's not

It is in the body of the response. How do you make out that is is not?

Let me edit my post.

The link to the DMCA should really be included in the api response

That's a really good point. I'll see if I can fix that in the response (I'm hoping I can just easily pluck the DMCA link from the repo).

thanks!

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