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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by chii on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:01AM (#24884611)
> RIAA taking down all of GitHub would instantly pit them against all of Microsoft

microsoft isn't gonna fight the good fight. There's no reward (to them) for doing so, and there's only a cost. It'd be a stupid business decision.

What is more correct is to lobby legislation changes to copyright. Repeal the DMCA, or change copyright law to such that you cannot abuse it this way. And this lobbying is the civil responsibility of everyone, not just microsoft.

Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by mola on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:13AM (#24884899)
No company would fight the good fight for the same reasons. This can only be fixed by changing the law. Not to mention find and persecute the parties who were paid directly or indirectly to pass this legislation. RIAA lobbyists (and all other corporate lobbyists) don't lobby in the sense of arguing for something. They use stick and carrot techniques against legsitlators. It's practically raketeering.