GitHub operates under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). When PremiumSoft finds a repository violating their licensing system, they file a DMCA Takedown Notice. In one specific takedown filed in December 2019, the company's legal representatives noted that the repository was violating anti-circumvention laws by generating "confirmation codes for licensing Navicat products" that are "usually only issuable by employees".

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