FWIW, I'm forking youtube-dl right now.
Just so you know, they expressly mention that’s not a good idea in the notice. Also, I'm just the messenger so please don't shoot/downvote me
Why wouldn't it be? Does this claim have any substance?
YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
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#12They should have counter claimed this nonsense instead of taking down the repo. RIAA is an abusive troll.
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#13> We also note that the source code prominently includes as sample uses of the source code the downloading of copies of our members’ copyrighted sound recordings and music videos, as noted in Exhibit A hereto. For example, as shown on Exhibit A, the source code expressly suggests its use to copy and/or distribute the following copyrighted works owned by our member companies
IMHO this wasn't the best move, I mean... the use of copyrighted music as an example DIRECTLY stated in the repo, as an example to show what you can download with the tool
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#14Github has received a takedown request for the youtube-dl repo and forks, not youtube-dl itself, correct?
Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
#15FWIW, I'm forking youtube-dl right now.
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#16Note that RIAA is making this takedown because the software CAN be used to download copyrighted music and videos, and it uses examples in the ~~README~~(unit tests, see correction[1]) as an example of that: > We also note that the source code prominently includes as sample uses of the source code the downloading of copies of our members’ copyrighted sound recordings and music videos, as noted in Exhibit A hereto. For…
It’s probably a case of fair use but it’ll have to go to court to decide that
Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
#17They've learned absolutely nothing from two decades of failed wars vs torrenting.
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#18But it can also be sued for downloading uncopyrighted material. It's like submitting DCMA for Office Word because people can use it for creating pirate copies of Harry Potter.
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#19It's outrageous indeed that GH/MS is complying.
It's not that far from targeting wget or curl, were it not for the widespread use of them in industry.
Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
#20I’ll admit that I’m ignorant of US law specifics here, and I’m not sure about YouTube’s DRM and/or policy regarding downloading videos is. So I’ll ask: is this DMCA request justified? Why would the RIAA be going after YouTube-dl, rather than Google? Wouldn’t it make more sense for the RIAA to go after YouTube instead?
YouTube licenses the music.