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Then they can request the provider to hand out your details just like they can with github, gitlab, codeberg, or whatever.
Anti Commercial-AI license
But they can’t just DMCA it under false premises. GitHub and others just don’t want to risk anything and are pretty quick with taking down repos without checking anything.
Also there are still a few countries that don’t bow before the US-invention that is the DMCA.
If they don't honor DMCA, what stops them from suing you? And if they got that far, wouldn't you rather want a DMCA?
Probably staying on the clear web is good for discoverability, but that's a two edged sword, because if you piss them off enough, a DMCA would be the best outcome.
Anti Commercial-AI license
At least in Germany, many of these copyright claims have no real legal grounds and wouldn't hold up in an actual trial. All cases I've read into so far ended with a settlement - as the private person was too afraid of even more legal fees. Or were dropped completely after a while (full of empty threats) if the people never engaged with the other party.