this paves the way to make archiving illegal, is that what germany wants?
It's what our corporate overlords and their pet politicians want, and they ain't gonna stop fighting until George Orwell spins in his grave, and prolly not even then.
YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
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#22this paves the way to make archiving illegal, is that what germany wants?
worse, it's about making download tools illegal, even if the download itself is legitimate.
Re: YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
#23As noted in the article, the project still has a page on github: http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ I've moved on to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp anyways. But this is still an infuriating move. youtube-dl wasn't doing anything infringing on its site, was it?
Back then, I seem to recall there was an issue with an example given in the documentation.
That was a completely different thing, this is a court order ruling youtube-dl a circumvention tool and that somehow means hosting a website that links to their github is unacceptable.
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#24Somewhat relatedly: I've been using Uberspace for years now to host some personal stuff (e.g. my Nextcloud instance). It's really cheap (you can start for as low as 5€/month), and I don't know any other shared hoster that allows so much flexibility in what you run on your account. The docs are also superb. I can only recommend it.
Thank you for mentioning this. Haven't heard of them before, but I really love the ethic they're advocating (and demonstrating in their pricing and payment options). https://uberspace.de/en/
Agreed. Will be doing a closer look later. “Cash payment through mail” is a gutsy offer.
Re: YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
#25Is apple in on this too? The apple security signing for running my local copy of yt-dlp started failing about an hour ago.
Re: YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
#26This is why I'm setting up a reverse proxy on another host in front of my web site, in case I get some fake takedown request from a competitor that causes my host to delete my account. At least if I use a proxy I can spend a small amount of time setting up a new proxy.
I used to have a competitor who would email PayPal every couple of weeks to tell them our web site had CP on it just so PayPal would instantly shut off our payment gateway while they investigated and then several days later cleared us and put us back online. It's too easy for people to make fake requests to take your business down.
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#27It's laughable how symbolic and ultimately meaningless this is. GitHub has already proven themselves to be a good actor in this particular fight, so not only is the repo online, but we also have http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ The Uberspace provider is appealing the decision as well. Even with the site down, this looks incredibly positive from where I sit. Rightsholders and litigators get stuffed, we always win…
i'd rephrase that, rightsholders should not get stuffed, but these are not rightsholders because their rights are not being infringed by the mere existance of youtube-dl
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#28> Speaking with TorrentFreak, Uberspace owner Jonas Pasche says that his hands are tied. Failure to comply with the order would either result in a massive fine, or worse, a prison sentence. Prison? Presumably for contempt?
Yeah, that's how they get you. Criminal contempt for failure to follow a court order.
Re: YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
#29As noted in the article, the project still has a page on github: http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ I've moved on to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp anyways. But this is still an infuriating move. youtube-dl wasn't doing anything infringing on its site, was it?
Yeah, youtube-dl has been uselessly slow for me for over a year. Long since switched to yt-dlp.
Re: YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
#30It's laughable how symbolic and ultimately meaningless this is. GitHub has already proven themselves to be a good actor in this particular fight, so not only is the repo online, but we also have http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/ The Uberspace provider is appealing the decision as well. Even with the site down, this looks incredibly positive from where I sit. Rightsholders and litigators get stuffed, we always win…
The site is online, but the download link (https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl) is borked: Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is blocked.