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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by throwaway17_17 on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:04PM (#24874154)
I don’t see the fact that the RIAA dislikes internet based streaming as relevant to the analysis. Downloading a publicly available video transmitted over a nearly global communications network is directly analogous to recording a show to tape from a TV signal.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by Reelin on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:46PM (#24875141)
The signal is broadcast (ie not under your control) and so the sole purpose being permitted there is time shifting.

YouTube is an on demand stream. It would be comparable to recording a pay per view movie that you purchased. Is that legal? (The question isn't rhetorical, but I seriously doubt it.)

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by hunter2_ on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:13PM (#24875385)
What if your intent is to shift to a time when Youtube doesn't exist?
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by omgwtfbyobbq on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:28PM (#24876147)
It when you don't have access to it (plane flight, etc). That sounds like time shifting to me.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by McDyver on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:21PM (#24875440)
If, for example, you bought a movie and downloaded it to watch on a plane when you can't have access to streaming, why wouldn't it be legal?
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by Reelin on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:29PM (#24875500)
That would be an interesting argument. I suspect it would be illegal because a pay per view stream is typically time limited. But if the stream itself were still valid while you were on the plane ... ?
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by kzrdude on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:55AM (#24877668)
What about using youtube-dl as the only technical way to play it on a low power device, like with mpv on an Rpi or old laptop.

That's a kind of tech adaption of the streaming/playback mode (and I've done it a ton on previous laptops)

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by anticensor on Saturday October 24, 2020 @04:59AM (#24877896)
Then RIAA would argue for a DRMd version of downloader that is prevented from doing it in high power deviced.
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