Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by asperous on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:20PM
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Youtube has to realize that a significant amount of content that people watch on its site is reaction, commentary, compilations, and other recycled content.
I think its for this reason that they don't go after these projects very aggressively.
Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
by hombre_fatal on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:50PM
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It's just arbitrary. There's prob even a low-sev ticket somewhere in Youtube's issue tracker to take out youtube-dl. They can do it at any time.
That they haven't done it (make youtube-dl's life harder) yet just means they might do it tomorrow, not that they don't care.
They would most definitely have a case that the name makes it appear to be a youtube product. Would a cease and desist for the name only somehow imply that google has no issue with the functionality?
Because I know not protecting your trademark can lead to dilution. And by issuing takedown notices, they are showing that they are aware of the existence of this usage of the youtube trademark.