Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by saddlerustle on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:58AM
(#24885349)
The distribution of youtube-dl itself is what's at issue, not the use of youtube-dl or the distribution of files downloaded with youtube-dl.
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by nix23 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:39AM
(#24886172)
Just read that article:
https://joindiaspora.com/posts/808cf690f8e801381778002590d8e...
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by nix23 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:49AM
(#24885913)
And why is that not a issue anymore? (hint it was):
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by saddlerustle on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:37AM
(#24886154)
The RIAA is specifically making the allegation that "the source code was designed and is marketed for the purpose of circumventing YouTube’s technological measures to enable unauthorized access to our member’s copyrighted works" [1], justified by the references to copyrighted works in the youtube-dl readme and source code. If it wasn't for that, it'd be much easier to argue that it's designed for non-infringing purposes only (or one of the other exceptions to the DMCA's TPM clauses), like you could plausibly argue for libdvdcss.
[1] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-2...
Not the tool is meant here but the User, and you know it.
It's legal to record radio, and record/download Youtube videos, if you don't redistribute it (outside Family and Friends