--- title: "I got DMCA'd by Anthropic (not a joke)" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-got-dmca-d-by-anthropic-not-a-joke--wmyi82hmk source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icu0GZcSb58 type: video:youtube source: "Theo - t3․gg" published: 2026-04-02T02:38:35.831Z updated: 2026-04-02T02:38:55.689Z tags: ["open-source", "github", "anthropic", "claude-code"] reading_time: 16 upvotes: 11 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I got DMCA'd by Anthropic (not a joke) **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 16 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A developer recounts receiving a DMCA takedown notice from Anthropic on GitHub, affecting their fork of the official Claude Code repository — a fork containing only a one-word change. The DMCA was part of a mass takedown targeting 8,100 repositories, which turned out to be a miscommunication between Anthropic and GitHub. Anthropic quickly retracted the notice for all repos except those mirroring the actual leaked source code. The author ultimately partially defends Anthropic, crediting their transparent crisis communications, while strongly criticizing their decision to keep Claude Code closed source as the root cause of the entire situation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@reaper922** · 1 upvotes > And now you got YMCA' too 😌 > > ![GIF](https://media.tenor.com/81wv48pqFGMAAAAC/all-of-you-kenan-thompson.gif) --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-got-dmca-d-by-anthropic-not-a-joke--wmyi82hmk)