Popcorn Time DMCA takedown of code hosted on github

Attached as Exhibit A is a series of screenshots taken from within the applications of each Project that includes images of copyrighted works available through the Projects.

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The Projects blatantly infringe the MPAA Member Studios’ copyrights and countless other copyrights. Indeed, copyright infringement is so prevalent within the Projects that infringement plainly is their predominant use and purpose.

However, I too am surprised that this is enough to get a repository taken down, since the infringement obviously is not in the contents of the repository itself, but rather occurs solely when building and executing them. But then again, I hardly know anything about U.S. law...