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# Public Drafting Process for the DMCA Cooperation Pledge
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This pledge was
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[originally proposed by bkuhn](https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/)
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in light of increased DMCA takedowns against FOSS projects (and relatedly,
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increased enforcement of USC§1201) in October and November 2020. The goal is
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to draft a pledge that for-profit copyright holders can take wherein they
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agree to wait 30 days to issue DMCA takedowns against legitimate FOSS
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projects (ala GPLv3§8¶3). Simply put, proprietary copyright
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holders should be equally reasonable as GPL copyright holders are and give
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FOSS projects 30 days to negotiate and discuss copyright infringement
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allegations before getting an de-facto injunction with the DMCA.
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The license of all documents in this repository is [CC0v1.0](CC0-1.0.txt).
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