Title: Anthropic Clarifies No Intentional DMCA of Forks | BestBl...
URL Source: https://www.bestblogs.dev/status/2039434348940623911
Published Time: 2026-04-01 20:06:54
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OH. Plot twist: Anthropic says they did not DMCA the forks of their own repo!
So something happened inside GitHub and those got auto-DMCA'd? Something is messed up inside GitHub if the case
This is bizarre (I assumed only Anthropic can DMCA this) x.com/bcherny/status…
#### Boris Cherny
@bcherny · 2h ago @GergelyOrosz This was not intentional. We are debugging what happened on the GitHub side. No one at Anthropic dmca’d these forks
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Anthropic confirms they did not issue DMCA takedowns for forks of their repository, pointing to a potential error on GitHub's side.
Summary
Gergely Orosz discusses a significant development in the recent Anthropic DMCA controversy. Following a clarification from Anthropic, it appears the mass takedown of forks was not intentional. This raises concerns about GitHub's automated enforcement mechanisms and the potential for systemic errors in handling DMCA requests.
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Gergely Orosz