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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by sudosysgen on Saturday October 24, 2020 @04:24PM (#24881719)
The DMCA is not intended for taking down such tools.

The proper procedure to do so would be to sue the authors, and from what I can gather none of the core authors are in the US.

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Re:YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA by BoorishBears on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:35AM (#24883870)
You saying it's not for exactly the thing it is for... doesn't make it so. I don't know why you think it does.
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