This is not the fault of the Democrats; both major parties are just serving the same interests of those who funded their campaign. What always disappoints is the bunch of empty rhetoric preceding each election. It applies to both sides. The Democrats have already filled the government with former or existing RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA lawyers (see links here for evidence). To some degree, Microsoft is the same. ⬆
Maybe this is very innocent, but they seem to have taken a solid, stable program from a high-profile Frenchman and looked for ways to marry it with GitHub, i.e. Microsoft/NSA
People leak a lot of material to Techrights because they know, based on the track record, that the sources will be protected and whatever gets published will stay online, in full, no matter how stubborn an effort (even lawsuits and blackmail) will be sent its way