Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
by google234123 on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:24PM
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Using a copyrighted music track as the example in the README is really stupid or just shows a total lack of respect for copyright.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
by jchw on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:50PM
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FWIW, they did not. This was misinformation from me, misreading the DMCA. I am not glad that my misunderstanding will now spread far and wide, but I at least caught it within the edit window.
The DMCA is complaining about test cases. See extractor/youtube.py in your local copy.
Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
by bleepblorp on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:48PM
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Copyright law is illegitimate and should not be respected.
The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States.
Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
by pmoriarty on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:21PM
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"The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States. "
It's not like a million people don't have youtube-dl's source code.
It can be hosted anywhere in the world in a heartbeat, and by now probably has been a thousand times over.