"The DMCA notice that GitHub received late Tuesday focuses on a repository containing the leaked source code originally posted by GitHub user nirholas and nearly 100 specifically named forks of that repository."
"Many coders took to social media to complain about being swept up in the DMCA dragnet despite not sharing any leaked code."
"Anthropic had moved to fix the issue with GitHub, requesting that the site restrict its takedowns to the 96 fork URLs specifically listed in its takedown notice."
"Anthropic's head of Claude Code, Boris Cherny, said on social media that the overzealous takedowns were 'not intentional,' and Anthropic's Thariq Shihipar added that they were the result of 'a communication mistake.'"
Anthropic's DMCA effort to remove leaked Claude Code resulted in the accidental takedown of many legitimate forks on GitHub. The notice targeted a repository with leaked code and nearly 100 forks. GitHub acted on a claim that many forks were infringing, leading to the removal of 8,100 repositories. Many developers complained about being affected despite not sharing leaked code. Anthropic requested GitHub to limit takedowns to specific URLs and to reinstate other repositories, attributing the issue to a communication mistake.
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