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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by saagarjha on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:54PM (#24874676)
The Linux kernel does not have "youtube" in its name–it isn't advertised as a way to download videos.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by pmoriarty on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:59PM (#24875261)
So if youtube-dl had a different name it'd be ok?
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by saagarjha on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:05PM (#24875321)
I'm not a lawyer, and even if it was I could never tell you that anything would be "ok" in this kind of situation. But I suspect that it would be better off.
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