YouTube-dl's repository has been restored

Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by reacweb on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:47AM (#25113821)

Maybe their purpose was Widevine. The youtube-dl takedown was a way to distract the attention. I don't think we should rejoice until Widevine is back.

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by tbodt on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:40PM (#25115315)

The widevine-l3-decryptor takedown wasn't filed by the RIAA

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by smnrchrds on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:56AM (#25113942)

I am out of the loop. What happened to Widevine?

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by mmm_grayons on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:36PM (#25117970)

Some guy wrote a tool to intercept the keys for level three on windows. Most streaming services offer only low-quality streams with level three, but big G dmca'ed the repo and most forks. Mirrors are still up all over, though; here's one: https://github.com/kipyegonmark/widevine-l3-decryptor

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by boogies on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:51PM (#25114725)

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=widevine

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