archive.org is cool and all, but a centralized service will never be a reliable way to truly archive something.
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this repo still lives and we still have Suyu that looks promising, So, no worries atm https://github.com/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/tag/EA-4176
Github probably didn't receive a cease and desist yet, but I doubt they'll put up a fight against Nintendo.
I highly suggest starting to familiarize ourselves with federated git repos. I‘m testing forgejo atm hoping to be able to host it publicly at some point. That way, once something is out there, its pretty much everywhere.
the issue isn't federation or anything like that, the issue is finding a repo hosting service in a dmca resilient country
Yeah, I get that. But I dont think that its possible to really dmca every fork of a repo on 20 countries without running out of resources at some point because when one fork is taken down, people will make 10 more. the important part is discoverability imo. Feel free to educate me in case this is missing a point.
its easy enough to send angry shit to every server, dmca and whatever rights violations they can think up, and it can become an issue.
Of course, the Federation is great, but you still need an instance that's in one of those privacy-oriented countries.
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The DMCA only applies in the US. Every other country doesn't give a shit about your DMCA request.
and yet, they still obey them...
And even EU based companies will bow down to DMCA takedown demands, if they want to serve American customers.
Federated git repos doesn't mean that the source code will be replicated across instances. It just means you can do things like create tickets and pull requests across instances.
Not sure I understand. I should be able to fork a public repo across instances, no? Why bother otherwise?
Federation has nothing to do with that capability. git clone exists since the beginning of git.
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At least not one that's hosted in a country where the IP mafia has any power, which is unfortunately most countries excluding places like Russia or China where you probably wouldn't want to host it anyhow due to a variety of other, uh… issues
As long as you host the checksums elsewhere so that users can verify the repo hasn't been tampered with, you can host files in China or Russia just fine.
That's assuming that the only potential issue you care about is tampering though
What else would I care for? We're talking about piracy, so I wouldn't turn the choice of a server location into a human rights debate.
You can definitely care about whatever you want. Human rights aren't the only potential issue though, but there's things like eg. do you trust that you'll be able to retain control of the site. So for example if you set it up in Russia and you're not Russian, do you trust the Russian government not to pull the rug out from under your feet at some point?
Well they might, even if I you were Russian. But that's what off-site backups are there for. It's less likely for them to pull control than it is for a Western platform though, so still a win vs. Github.
What kind of logic is that? It is perfectly reasonable to care about human rights and totalitarianism but not for copyrights. In fact it seems a bit questionable that you would use the speeding ticket of online rule violations as an excuse to completely discard any other moral considerations.
Ultimately it's your choice of course, but still. Questionable reasoning
A server is an emotionless piece of hardware, regardless of where it stands. Geo-arbitration is just that, in my eyes.
(I am not the person you replied to)
The problem with this argument is that you are ruling out entire countries for the acts of corrupt governments. Thing is there is no such thing as a clean government. Everybody has skeletons in their closet.
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This isn't hard. Torrent with a seed box somewhere outside of copyright enforcement is likely the best option as a "backup" source.
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I wonder if IPFS would help in this case...
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Your license thingy broke since that thread where you explained your script. It doesn't spoiler anymore.
will never be a reliable way to truly archive something
I think they're doing a damn fine job archiving something, and in reliable ways too
Til it gets taken down and dismantled. Yes.
Nothing good is allowed to exist but in shadows. Shadow archives are essential.
Since they're back at it again I have to jump onto my alt and re-share the fact that I totally backed up Yuzu's source code, their progress reports, their Github issues pages + pull requests, and all the latest available binaries right before it got taken off of Github. No illicit materials in my archive (ROMS/Firmwares/Keys). Freely available as a torrent.
https://lemmy.ml/post/12810167
Otherwise I wish the best of luck to the nascent Suyu project.
Thanks. Just added this to my torrent server and will seed until the server dies
Shit I might add it to my collection of stuff I tagged "Forever :)"
Right now only the rarbg_db torrent is on it with a ratio of 46x (17gb upload).
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Nintendo brass = scumbags. Trash corpo who hates its customers except for milking their money.
It is morally good to pirate all Nintendo products, crack all their hardware, and disparage all their advertising.
Even if there's nothing by them you want to play, pirate some anyway. Seed generously.
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Corporate greed in Japan as a whole is truly something else.
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ugh FUCK OFF Nintendo
How does Internet Archive has so many epub books if they are restricted by DMCA? Honest question
Nobody sent a request to remove them
They turn a blind eye as long as no one files DMCA notice. They do limit downloads of some popular pirated materials behind login though.
I bet Nintendo wouldn't think twice to request books be burned if the yuzu source code is printed on them.
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N I N T E N D O C A N E A T S H I T ! !
LMAO, get fucked Nintendo. You'll never take our archives.
I started storing program setups and driver packages as well as firmware tools on my PC.
Seems like that it was a good choice to store the Ryujinx, Citra and Xemu emulator setups...
Just copy all the source code to one giant book and distribute it through Tor.
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