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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by jjeaff on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:28AM (#24884080)
And as much as RIAA is mostly a slimey pit of lawyers, they would stand no chance again msft's goblin hoard of attorneys.
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by devwastaken on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:32AM (#24884482)
More attorneys does not convince judges more. The RIAA has some merit, therefore they can preliminary injunction github to remove the repo. If github doesn't comply then they receive sanctions. That's simply how it works.
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by onli on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:02AM (#24884851)
The other commenters here have argued pretty convincingly that the RIAA has no merit at all. Microsoft should have done the same reading of the letter and determined that this is a hill they have to fight on, in order to operate Github effectively.