Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month

I am a developer of https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.photopea.com, a popular photo editor that runs in a web browser.<p>Many people are asking AI models to take the Javascript code from my website, remove all ads from it, and they publish such a &quot;new product&quot; on Github for everyone to download.<p>There exist tens of such repositories on Github. I want my website to be the only source of a stable version of my program Photopea. I even received emails from people complaining about something in Photopea, and it took several emails to figure out that they are not using Photopea.com (so it ruins my reputation a little).<p>I reported it to Github on the 4th of September 2026: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.photopea.com&#x2F;g&#x2F;XKoqqIGv<p>Today, a month later, I received this response:<p>Thank you for submitting a DMCA takedown notice. We&#x27;ve reviewed the information you&#x27;ve provided, and based on the facts presented to us, we&#x27;re unable to confirm a violation of 17 U.S. Code § 1201.<p>What do you think I could do? Do you think I should look for a lawyer to deal with it outside the digital world? I really doubt that a real person ever looked at my report, and they probably send this response automatically to 99% of people.