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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by mola on Saturday October 24, 2020 @02:49AM (#24877443)
People use it for many purposes. Researches downloading public domain material etc.

Does any camera manufacturer showing a camera filming a live concert in some promotional video needs to worry?

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by mulmen on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:27AM (#24877577)
Yes, obviously there are legitimate uses. That’s not the point. The point is the actual codebase of YouTube-dl features copyright infringement as a test case. RIAA is using this to make the case that the tool is designed to aid in copyright infringement.

That seems like a reasonable argument given the evidence and the DMCA. I’m not defending the DMCA or RIAA here.

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