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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by pmoriarty on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:55PM (#24875225)
"The law isn't some computer program that you can trick if you try hard enough."

I don't know what you're talking about. It happens all the time.

Miscarriages of justice are common. As just one of endless examples, read about how much of forensic science is a joke, yet it passes muster in the courts.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by tehjoker on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:39AM (#24877607)
Those things happen because powerful people are involved either on the side of the state or a plaintiff or defendant with lots of money. As a weaker party, you can't make the system work for you so easily.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by saagarjha on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:17PM (#24875412)
Generally to do that you have to be willing to aggressively pursue your position and be somewhat ok with being unethical, which I doubt will be youtube-dl's position.
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