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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by toyg on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:25AM (#24885227)
Not remotely on the same level.

Kazaa and Limewire were moneymaking companies with fairly undefensible behavior from a legal perspective. This is an individual using a website the way it’s supposed to be used, for documentation purposes. A judge would “expeditiously” send the RIAA packing with a large bill for defendant’s legal fees.

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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git by gamblor956 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:32PM (#24888653)
Right, it's not the same level. Kazaa and Limewire faced theoretical liabilities in the billions.

That doesn't mean that the programmers of youtube-dl, or those who choose to engage in spreading the program, can't be held liable for much lower levels of damages which are still financially ruinous for an individual even if they're small on an absolute basis.

I've been on the other side of an RIAA lawsuit, and their lawyers are aggressive. They offer a carrot settlement, but if that settlement is declined they will beat you with a stick and offer no mercy.

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