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Re:GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned by gambiting on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:58AM (#24968756)
Github hosts tonnes of bittorrent clients - should those be taken down too? After all, bittorent can be used for downloading content illegally!
Re:GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned by colejohnson66 on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:04AM (#24968826)
The supposed claim wasn’t that it could be used for piracy (despite many here parroting that claim), but that they advertise that it could be. I haven’t read the actual claim, but it seems they’re basing their argument on a block of test code that uses a video containing RIAA copyrighted music. It’s sketchy at best, but there’s a reason BitTorrent clients make no mention of piracy sites at all; The MPAA and RIAA are extremely litigious and will use any opportunity they get.
Re:GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned by crtasm on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:01AM (#24969519)
Perhaps bittorrent clients don't mention specific sites but there's no end of related projects that do, e.g. expand the three "Supported ___ Trackers" lists on https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett

I'm not aware of any notices filed against that specific project.