The United States is a global leader in both internet technology and internet law, as most recently exemplified in the use of a novel American copyright infringement law to curtail the use of an American application worldwide. More specifically, the American internet downloading utility youtube-dl, which allows internet users to easily download both videos and audio content from thousands of internet sites around the world may be incapacitated by an American statute in Europe and beyond.

The use of an American authorized internet content take-down demand is the basis for international restrictions on a large international open source project, which accepts contributions from all around the globe. More particularly, a take-down demand written by attorneys on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to Github, a third-party Internet services provider, that wraps and enhances internet sites by adding its own features, including web-based graphical interface, a wiki and basic task management tools.