YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by polote on Friday October 23, 2020 @07:43PM (#24875603)

> The fact that copyrighted works were included in the readme shows it was intended for that use

How could that be true? if the YouTube link in the test case was a video of farmer on his truck would that show it is intended for that use? No. YouTube dl is made to download any YouTube videos it has not been made to download specifically Taylor Swift music videos, it just has just been picked as a test case as any other YouTube videos could have been

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by arvindamirtaa on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:00PM (#24876013)

While I agree with the point, a strong case can be made that the music video in the README and the test case were a poor choice.

A silly home video, preferably uploaded by the maintainers themselves would've just given RIAA's claim no teeth.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by m-p-3 on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:57PM (#24876596)

Or content from the public domain.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by saagarjha on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:06PM (#24876042)

It was however a very poor choice, given that they could have picked something better.

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