You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

Re:You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web by RGamma on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:33AM (#41993229)

The author(s) got into legal trouble.

> Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is blocked.

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Re:You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web by shiroiushi on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @10:00PM (#42002694)

For providing a tool that lets people download YT videos? The same should apply to yt-dlp, but that project is hosted on github.com with no apparent problems. What's stopping the youtube-dl people from doing the same and just ignoring this silly court ruling?

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Re:You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web by RGamma on Thursday October 31, 2024 @05:33AM (#42004956)

The case is about downloading music or rather enabling others to do so ("Beihilfe"). GEMA really is quite terrible.

What's stopping them? Dunno, (the threat of) police showing up at the door? Shitty pop songs are not worth going to prison for.

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Re:You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web by shiroiushi on Thursday October 31, 2024 @08:19PM (#42012871)

Apparently this isn't stopping the yt-dlp people.

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Re:You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web by hot_gril on Sunday November 10, 2024 @11:17AM (#42100932)

Maybe they aren't German

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