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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by scollet on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:41AM (#24884284)
I get the analogy, but guns are typically purposed for lethality.

Software is not typically purposed for piracy.

Maybe "trying to hit someone with your car"? Not sure.

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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by akersten on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:21AM (#24886485)
It's a perfect analogy because it is so extreme. The powers that be have already accepted that way of thinking (because guns are not illegal) and it's therefore even less of a stretch to apply the same concept to software tools.
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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by jjeaff on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:50PM (#24892413)
Exactly.
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