YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git

Post by dylz » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:16 PM UTC

hnlmorg wrote: post #263

mewmewblobcat wrote: post #256

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> They don't use HTTP. HTTP is used to bootstrap the player, not to feed the content. The content itself is served over another protocol such as RTMP and that protocol is a streaming protocol (it sends chunked data) and it wasn't intended for downloading files and writing them to disk as a singular binary blob. Obviously it can be used that way but it's fair to say services like youtube-dl are using the protocol in w…

> Not true at all, most YouTube videos are offered as plain webm files. It's been a while since I've written a video streaming scraper but it used to be quite common for a file to be served over HTTP but that file was a small "shortcut" type file to an RTMP stream. So a webm file wasn't the content itself but instead a pointer to where to stream the content from. I'd imagine the same would still be true for YouTube s…

Post by fabianhjr » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:28 PM UTC

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fabianhjr wrote: post #107

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ActivityPub is federated like git is distributed. You can add several remotes from different servers (or peers in case of single user instances hosted at home) Even though other sites like GitLab exist that GitHub remains a near-monopoly default doesn't bode well for attempting to migrate to a completely decentralized system as default. There are decentralized extensions of git (like git-ssb). Addenda: Git is also no…

What if... you kept github in the loop? What if you could make a federated/decentralized git that doesn't care whether the git repo is made available by github or my-fancy-federated-git-host?

Post by bitwize » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

zaroth wrote: post #233

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Take down chrome then its "intended to circumvent copyright protection measures" as you can clearly watch these youtube videos with chrome.

I would love to know the legal distinction between YouTube-dl and Chrome. They are both obviously user agents used for accessing video content hosted on a public remote server using standard web protocols. Then tell me how uBlock Origin is somehow Ok if YouTube-dl is not.

Post by SoniEx2 » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:49 PM UTC

fabianhjr wrote: post #273

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What if... you kept github in the loop? What if you could make a federated/decentralized git that doesn't care whether the git repo is made available by github or my-fancy-federated-git-host?

> What if... you kept github in the loop? It is like wanting to keep Twitter in the loop when migrating to federated alternatives like the Fediverse. Twitter (or Github) wont federate in good faith and will actively attempt to capture as much users as possible. > What if you could make a federated/decentralized git that doesn't care whether the git repo is made available by github or my-fancy-federated-git-host? Git…

Post by nullc » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:53 PM UTC

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Microsoft is losing the good will they've worked so hard to rebuild. Microsoft employees, managers, Satya: do you see what you're doing? I love the direction you've taken over the past five years, but bowing to the RIAA and attempting to disrupt an innocuous tool are horrible decisions. It's a chilling note, and everyone involved in tech can hear it. Are you telling us Github is not a safe place to develop software a…

IANAL, but as far as I recall, a site receiving a DMCA notice must immediately remove the stated content. The person who put the content up may then file a counter-notice, which, if uncontested may then be followed by reinstating the content. If contested, the process moves into the courtroom.