2.5M Installs Later, R.I.P. Downloader for SoundCloud

Re:2.5M Installs Later, R.I.P. Downloader for SoundCloud by zaroth on Sunday November 09, 2014 @02:21AM (#8579339)

It sounds like they are claiming their ToS can dictate how you can use the data they are putting in your computer's clipboard. They then used that claim to remove the equivalent of a 'wget' program from the app store.

I don't like what SoundCloud has done here. I'm pretty sure it was line noise for Google, but I don't like that they went along with it either.

Note these are published files that are generally available for download. The download is an HTTP GET on a public URL, which they publish freely and directly on their own site. It's in no way "ripping" the file from the site or defeating any DRM.

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Re:2.5M Installs Later, R.I.P. Downloader for SoundCloud by res0nat0r on Sunday November 09, 2014 @03:28AM (#8579410)

> It sounds like they are claiming their ToS can dictate how you can use the data they are putting in your computer's clipboard.

Yup. When you are using their api to power your app you have to abide by their TOS.

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Re:2.5M Installs Later, R.I.P. Downloader for SoundCloud by coldtea on Sunday November 09, 2014 @05:48AM (#8579602)

>It sounds like they are claiming their ToS can dictate how you can use the data they are putting in your computer's clipboard.

They key word here is "they". They "are putting" that data. If you put the data yourself, with your own API and your own service, you can do whatever you want.

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