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Comment by K2h | Hacker News Reader

looks like the repo is still up https://github.com/DiogenesTheCynic/FullScreenMario

Does github get a pass based on safe harbour laws?

Do those laws apply even now when github are going to be on very thin ice arguing they had no knowledge of the infringement or their hosting of copyright infringing content - seems like they'd be an easy target for a contributory infringement suite?

A cynic might imagine that they're waiting for the usage statistics to go up so as to inflate the claim.

Github.com is protected by the DMCA. If they get a takedown notice then they have to comply, until then they aren't liable. One of the whole points of the DMCA is to prevent hosting companies like Github from being held liable when their users upload infringing content.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Ac...

Thanks for the link. Cloning appears to currently not be a problem.. Of course, for true fans just wanting a copy, hosting the cloned repo as a static site in Apache or IIS is super easy and a fully playable setup can be accomplished in just a few minutes...

Is there an easy way to rehost Github repos outside of Github?

Bitbucket?

Same problem... They'll just serve bitbucket with a takedown. I was hoping there's a way for people to easily rehost repos on their own servers.

Bitbucket has free private repos.

    $ git bundle create one-file.git --all

That creates a single file containing all branches in the repository. It's a plain file so you can copy that around with any protocol you like. Open it with

    $ git clone one-file.git new-repo

If you want to collaborate on further development and don't mind running something on the server, gitolite [1] is stable and powerful. Note that if your repo becomes popular, _you_ might be served with the takedown notice.

[1] http://gitolite.com/

Of course, it's just a git repo. Clone it anywhere.

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