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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by kmlx on Saturday October 24, 2020 @02:38AM (#24877407)
isn’t DMCA a US law? so why not move youtube-dl outside the US github to a country that doesn’t have DMCA/copyright?
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by iso1210 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @06:49AM (#24878333)
The US decided their laws, specifically the DMCA, applied globally back in 2001 [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by antihero on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:13AM (#24878451)
I've always struggled with the idea of laws that seemingly seem to overstep their jurisdiction.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by noobermin on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:32AM (#24879414)
When it's corporations, they have special rights.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by kmlx on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:35AM (#24878805)
the US is free to decide whatever they want. that doesn’t mean it will also be accepted by other states.
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by proffan on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:56AM (#24879245)
If you don't comply they then threat to start trade warz and sanctions, simple deal IMHO
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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by Aldo_MX on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:58PM (#24889400)
Then host it in a sanctioned state like Cuba or Crimea.
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