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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by Aerroon on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:03PM (#24875298)
>I've always wondered, are courts fooled by such disclaimers? Are their authors untouchable just because they put in some boilerplate disclaimer like that?

I think the answer is that this doesn't always sufficiently protect them, but these small bits add up. It's useful to be able to point at words written beforehand that could help you in a legal situation. This is what corporate speak is about too and enough people engage in it that it likely does something.

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