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RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by sebastien_b »

mr_toad wrote: post #147
sebastien_b wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Dubious legal status” defined by whom? All GitHub got was a take down request (which they were required to act on), not proof of anything being illegal (which requires a court case to prove)

> Dubious legal status” defined by whom? A potential employer.

A potential employer doing that will open themselves up to some serious legal problems.

"Oh, you committed code to a repo I consider dubious though nothing proven... hmmm not sure I'll hire you".

"Oh, you shop at a store run by a non-white person.... hmmm not sure I'll hire you".

"Oh, you follow a religion, but I'm atheist... hmmm not sure I'll hire you".

... the list goes on.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by AnthonyMouse »

bxk1 wrote: post #88
AnthonyMouse wrote: post #16

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> The recourse is filing a declaratory judgement to establish the legality of the code. Which is expensive relative to the resources of some individuals doing this as a hobby, so some kind of legal defense fund may be in order. Of course, the other option is to put enough pressure on Github/Microsoft to get them to be the ones to defend it, since it's not that expensive relative to the resources of a trillion dollar…

Microsoft pays for RIAA lawyers, why would it pay for more lawyers to defend themselves from other lawyers they pay for already?

The obvious solution being to stop paying money for RIAA lawyers and use that money to defend against the RIAA lawyers, netting zero expense and twice positive PR.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by wernercd »

sebastien_b wrote: post #161
mr_toad wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Dubious legal status” defined by whom? A potential employer.

A potential employer doing that will open themselves up to some serious legal problems. "Oh, you committed code to a repo I consider dubious though nothing proven... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". "Oh, you shop at a store run by a non-white person.... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". "Oh, you follow a religion, but I'm atheist... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". ... the list goes on.

Show where in the list of protected classes (race, sex, ethnicity, etc) "your choice of programming projects" is covered?

Two of those are protected classes... the third one isn't.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by pmiller2 »

sebastien_b wrote: post #161
mr_toad wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Dubious legal status” defined by whom? A potential employer.

A potential employer doing that will open themselves up to some serious legal problems. "Oh, you committed code to a repo I consider dubious though nothing proven... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". "Oh, you shop at a store run by a non-white person.... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". "Oh, you follow a religion, but I'm atheist... hmmm not sure I'll hire you". ... the list goes on.

Except that one of these is legal under federal (and most state) laws, and the other two are not.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by pmiller2 »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #153
skyyler wrote: post #109

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I hope something replaces reddit soon. The creeping features are beginning to rot.

The last redesign that nobody wanted did it for me, that was the last straw. The mobile app was horrendous as well - from all accounts it sounds like nothing has changed. But yes, I agree, we need a replacement soon.

They haven't removed old reddit yet. I believe you can set old reddit as your default in your profile still.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by sprafa »

raxxorrax wrote: post #89
Sayrus wrote: post #84

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Is this[1] the document you are talking about? It doesn't seem to read as bad as what you make it sounds but it could end up exactly that bad. As dotdi said, I hope that companies like Mozilla joined to (try to) influence these decisions. [1] https://edima-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ORF-Series_-...

They also don't want to let it sound bad, but in essence this is exactly what they are proposing from what I gather. In a moment of greatness, which we have very few, EU officials specifically disallowed "forward policing". Perhaps I do have a fundamental misunderstanding and the ambition is indeed to restrict general monitoring (sic) and these attempts are meant to sway some more zealous voices. But a lot of these c…

The EU technocrati are both a complete disaster and one of the most progressive well informed group of legislators on earth. It’s a curious paradox

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by dotancohen »

simias wrote: post #142
rvense wrote: post #106

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Actually, why couldn't you keep issues as text files in a folder in the repo... I mean, you've got your CI stuff and documentation and everything else in there.

You could, but that would get messy quick since it would add a new commits to be merged/rebased every time somebody wants to comment. I guess the easiest solution would be to make it a submodule so that it could evolve at its own pace, but then you still want to be able to reference specific versions of the code in the comments, so maybe it would make more sense to make the code a submodule of the issue repo. Maybe w…

  > You could, but that would get messy quick since it would
  > add a new commits to be merged/rebased every time somebody
  > wants to comment.
How about a branch "bugtracker". A smart UI could keep this branch checked out internally.

You know what, I'm going to flesh this out. If anybody has something insightful, please comment here. I'll write the first rough UI in Python CLI app, but the real value I'm looking to create is in the file formats so that other UIs can be created.

I'll do issues first, then PRs, but all input is welcome.

My gmail username is the same as my HN username if anybody would prefer to contact me in email.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by sp332 »

IggleSniggle wrote: post #140
TrueDuality wrote: post #98

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I don't think this inspired fear in any relevant developers. If anything there are probably more developers willing to work on it now.

Yuuup. I haven’t used youtube-dl since I was a teacher and needed it to bring educational videos into the classroom that lacked Internet. But now I have a copy of the source, and have been thinking about how I might contribute and/or repackage it as a “browser” (with the option to run it in “headless mode”, of course).

You have a snapshot of the source, which will be less useful over time as sites change their code and the plugins stop working.

Re: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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Post by wolfgke »

arpa wrote: post #143
wolfgke wrote: post #118

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Is is good for name recognition if you contribute to software of somewhat dubious legal status such as youtube-dl?

Youtube-dl has a lot of legal applications!

Indeed it has. But the DMCA takeout request nevertheless shows that the legality of the youtube-dl itself is not clear.
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