Re:Update: YouTube-dl reinstated thanks to EFF (2020)
by boogies on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:49PM
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> it feels like this could be an easy problem to solve in the future
Welcome to the future. Github has received “a DMCA” from the RIAA’s film counterpart requesting they take down another repo for tool that does not contain proprietary copyrighted material (this time not even including a test suite that downloads it IIUC), and apparently instantaneously complied. As of the time I’m posting this, it’s been more than a day (an order of magnitude longer than “a couple of lawyer man hours”, times 1–2?) since it was posted here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25836503 and I’m still not aware of any other response from them so far.
Welcome to the future. Github has received “a DMCA” from the RIAA’s film counterpart requesting they take down another repo for tool that does not contain proprietary copyrighted material (this time not even including a test suite that downloads it IIUC), and apparently instantaneously complied. As of the time I’m posting this, it’s been more than a day (an order of magnitude longer than “a couple of lawyer man hours”, times 1–2?) since it was posted here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25836503 and I’m still not aware of any other response from them so far.