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Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by echelon »

nitinreddy88 wrote: post #8

I am sorry to say this, but Hacker News became another reddit?! For past 1 week, I see similar topic being discussed every day on front page. I agree with the community empathy, but its becoming something else now.

This isn't about empathy. These are our fundamental rights of free speech and distribution of free software.

These are the rights that Richard Stallman warned us would be taken from us.

And look what's happened - nearly every video distribution channel is now locked, DRMed, and inaccessible. We now license everything we consume, and it can easily be taken away from us. (Google Play Music, the Stadia precursors, other media.)

We're not the majority on the Internet anymore, but we hold the power to change things.

Please care more. They'll be coming for something you love next.

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by jchw »

heyoni wrote: post #10
setr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AIUI this was never the case; it was in a unit test.

I find this whole chain of comments in every single youtube-dl thread, lol.

Probably my fault. For the first hour or so, this is what my top comment to the original HN post claimed. Fortunately I caught it before the edit window closed, but I imagine it was seen by a lot of people by that point. I suspect the RIAA intended on being misleading about exactly how prominently the references existed to push the argument that it was part of the “marketing.” They reference the README a couple paragraphs up, but then become very vague about the references to copyrighted material.

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by archgoon »

leonidasv wrote: post #6

Does this repo fixed the issue with the unit test downloading a copyright video?

If the test was downloading a video; it's not a unit test. I know that the definition gets stretched, but at the very least, a unit test should be deterministic. A test relying on a network communication with a third party system stretches the adjective 'unit' to beyond usefulness.

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by lavoiems »

This repos removed the famous tests some days ago under a commit message "COMPLAINFREE". These tests can be found by looking at the git history: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commit/dd2d55f10dac8...

Would it be safer to thoroughly delete these tests from the git history?

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by ehsankia »

setr wrote: post #9
redvenom wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think for one, it does not have references to specific videos in the documentation.

AIUI this was never the case; it was in a unit test.

Does this distinction really matter? Everyone is so quick to mention this, but personally 1. I see unit tests as examples of how you can use the software and 2. It's still a link to copyrighted content is software that can be used to download said content. Doesn't matter if it's in documentation, unit test or even code comment.

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by CivBase »

jchw wrote: post #12
heyoni wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find this whole chain of comments in every single youtube-dl thread, lol.

Probably my fault. For the first hour or so, this is what my top comment to the original HN post claimed. Fortunately I caught it before the edit window closed, but I imagine it was seen by a lot of people by that point. I suspect the RIAA intended on being misleading about exactly how prominently the references existed to push the argument that it was part of the “marketing.” They reference the README a couple parag…

We could always check the README ourselves to verify their claims. Oh wait.

Re: Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms

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Post by Thorentis »

lavoiems wrote: post #15

This repos removed the famous tests some days ago under a commit message "COMPLAINFREE". These tests can be found by looking at the git history: https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commit/dd2d55f10dac8... Would it be safer to thoroughly delete these tests from the git history?

Well the tests can also be found under the DMCA repo history too, so I guess we need to take that repo down.
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