YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by esalman on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:29PM (#24872932)

FWIW, I'm forking youtube-dl right now.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by mgbmtl on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:31PM (#24872948)

Stating the obvious: but hopefully to a place other than Github, since forks would automatically be removed as well.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by tanseydavid on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:33PM (#24872978)

Any links to a repo that is still standing would be appreciated -- I would also like to clone the source.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by esalman on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:36PM (#24873011)

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by alexfromapex on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:30PM (#24872944)

Just so you know, they expressly mention that’s not a good idea in the notice.

Also, I'm just the messenger so please don't shoot/downvote me

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by icandoit on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:41PM (#24873075)

They didn't like people buying VCRs either.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by jaspergilley on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:31PM (#24872954)

Why wouldn't it be? Does this claim have any substance?

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by esalman on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:38PM (#24873035)

A claim like this is also a threat to the open-source software ecosystem.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by alpaca128 on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:39PM (#24873047)

Still a better idea than DRM

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by 3np on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:34PM (#24872988)

And I hereby expressly mention that it is, so there you have it.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by heavyset_go on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:13PM (#24873516)

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