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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by Bqhatevwr on Monday November 16, 2020 @07:45PM (#25119070)
They literally had a test case in the repo for circumventing copy protection on youtube.

I'm somewhat baffled they managed to get the repo reinstated given that's very much a violation of the DMCA.

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Re:YouTube-dl's repository has been restored by dodobirdlord on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:52PM (#25120368)
The argument is that it doesn’t do anything that a web browser doesn’t do already, and there’s established precedent that it’s not “circumventing copyright” if it requires no secret knowledge.
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