YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban

Post by Espionage724 » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

tamimio wrote: post #106

Espionage724 wrote: post #66

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I can listen to music on the radio, but it's a whole different issue when I pick specific songs to pirate for my own personal listening :p But that's not where the caring comes in; it's the tools I can use to pirate songs; hence youtube-dl going down and not the users who used it. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a TOS clause about videos on YT not being your property and that you can't export them off the platform…

>I can listen to music on the radio, but it's a whole different issue when I pick specific songs to pirate for my own personal listening :p But that's not where the caring comes in; it's the tools I can use to pirate songs; hence youtube-dl going down and not the users who used it. So basically you are not allowed to listen to what your mood wants but rather what their sponsors want, that or pay us! Yeah no thanks. B…

Post by PartiallyTyped » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:44 PM UTC

Modified3019 wrote: post #114

PartiallyTyped wrote: post #27

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Post by jagraff » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:47 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #100

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It's funny how a trillion-dollar company is playing cat-and-mouse with a few free software projects, and losing most of the time.

I have a feeling Google/Alphabet/YouTube aren't investing a lot of money into this, because they know their opponents have almost infinite resource, of free time and dedication. Besides how would you like to work in the YouTube "DRM" team, where every few weeks you'd show up to work and the news is "well, they cracked it again, your last few months' of work is useless.".

Post by andai » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:50 PM UTC

username223 wrote: post #110

So you can only legally watch Youtube videos when and where you have a fast and unlimited internet connection? That sucks... Let's say you only have a cellular data plan, but it has a data cap, or your cell coverage is slow. So when a friend sends you a link to a video, you go to a library or coffee shop to download it to watch later. Is that "acting in bad faith?" I guess it gets in the way of Youtube's "right" to s…

Post by swayvil » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:56 PM UTC

Espionage724 wrote: post #71

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