FAKKU Issues DMCA Takedown Notice Against gallery-dl and 28 Other Repositories
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MoltenMonster
Crackles when you bite it. Shows the baker did the work.
Summary
The article discusses a DMCA takedown notice issued by FAKKU, LLC against the gallery-dl repository and 28 other repositories. It provides background on FAKKU's origins, alleging the company was founded as an Exhentai scraper and engaged in questionable practices including using student loans to cover costs and selling copyrighted pornographic material without permission. The article claims FAKKU tried to poach users from Exhentai by reporting copyright violations to Japanese publisher Wanimagazine. The DMCA notice targets specific files including gallery-dl's NHentai and Exhentai extractors.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledFakku was and will always be made up of villains.
Jacob originally created Fakku as an Exhentai scraper. Before advertisers helped him, he covered the site's bills with student loans.
Fakku tried poaching users from Exhentai by informing Wanimagazine, a Japanese corporation, that Exhentai is sharing paper scans of their magazines.
INFRINGING FILES: gallery_dl/extractor/nhentai.py - NHentai extractor gallery_dl/extractor/ex...
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