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== Website links ==
Hi {{u|Fram}}, in [[Special:Diff/1246025311]], you deleted the {{code|repo}} and {{code|website}} parameters from the article's [[Template:Infobox software|software infobox]] with the edit summary {{!xt|"Adding clones and Russian websites where this can be found comes across as wanting to circumvent the DMCA, not as an effort to create a better encyclopedia"}}. Your edit summary compels me to respond to your claims.
* '''The [https://github.com/bpc-clone?tab=repositories "bpc-clone"] [[GitHub]] account is operated by the author of the extension, magnolia1234.''' The ''{{ill|Gigazine|jp}}'' article [https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240416-bypass-paywalls-clean-dmca-removed/ "GitLab to remove paywall-bypassing browser extension 'Bypass Paywalls Clean'"] states, {{xt|"On April 15, 2024, Magnolia1234 released the Bypass Paywalls Clean filter on [https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters GitHub]"}}, linking to bpc-clone's repository and confirming the account's ownership by magnolia1234. Additionally, [https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-targetting-bypass-paywalls-clean-isnt-what-people-should-be-angry-about-240414/ "DMCA Notice Targeting 'Bypass Paywalls Clean' Isn’t The Thing to Get Angry About"] from ''[[TorrentFreak]]'' {{rspe|TorrentFreak}} states that magnolia1234's [[X/Twitter]] account is [https://x.com/Magnolia1234B @Magnolia1234B], and @Magnolia1234B has posted multiple tweets recognizing bpc-clone as the GitHub account that hosts Bypass Paywall Clean's software releases, such as [https://x.com/Magnolia1234B/status/1789197367582863564 this May 2024 tweet] and [https://x.com/Magnolia1234B/status/1812574367148015617 this July 2024 tweet]. This evidence is sufficient to indicate that https://github.com/bpc-clone?tab=repositories is the list of repositories that constitute the Bypass Paywalls Clean software.
* '''The [https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234 "magnolia1234"] GitFlic account is also operated by magnolia1234'''. The [https://x.com/Magnolia1234B/status/1822312334712250799 August 2024 tweet by @Magnolia1234B], which I had cited in the article, states: {{xt|"Bypass Paywalls Clean filter will transfer to GitFlic: https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters"}}. Also, the README files of both the [https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean Firefox] and [https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean Chrome] editions of Bypass Paywalls Clean direct readers to download and peruse multiple URLs under https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234. This evidence is sufficient to indicate that https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234 is controlled by Bypass Paywall Clean.
* I have used Bypass Paywalls Clean to help me find numerous reliable sources, which I have cited in many Wikipedia articles. I do not understand your accusation that I am not making {{xt|"an effort to create a better encyclopedia"}} by writing a reliably sourced article about Bypass Paywalls Clean, now that it meets the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]].
The [[DMCA takedown]] process has been used to take down [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/google-sues-people-who-weaponized-dmca-to-remove-rivals-search-results/ perfectly] [https://torrentfreak.com/shopify-files-fresh-lawsuit-over-dmca-takedown-harassment-231128/ legal] [https://venturebeat.com/business/github-offers-open-source-developers-legal-counsel-to-combat-dmca-abuse/ content], and my understanding is that paywall-bypassing tools (such as Bypass Paywalls Clean) have never been deemed illegal in a court of law. When articles about projects that are unambiguously illegal in certain jurisdictions (such as [[Sci-Hub]] and [[1337x]]) contain links to their websites, it would be encyclopedic for the article on Bypass Paywalls Clean (an extension that has not been determined to be illegal) to also include these links. — '''''[[User:Newslinger|<span style="color:#536267;">Newslinger</span>]]''' <small>[[User talk:Newslinger#top|<span style="color:#708090;">talk</span>]]</small>'' 06:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
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