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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:43PM (#24909855)
And kill Google Search. Google can't afford for that precedent to exist.
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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by cookiecaper on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @02:44PM (#24910470)
It already exists and it's used to kill startups every day (including mine). Google gets a pass because they're real special. See Perfect 10 v. Amazon.
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Re:RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHu... by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @08:09AM (#24917797)
Google can afford to legislate a carve-out.
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