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Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by yetanotherloss »

dspillett wrote: post #30
4ggr0 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There a version of the NewPipe app which contains the SponsorBlock plugin. I use it since months and can't watch YouTube videos without it anymore.

I block ads not because I'm completely anti-advert. I'm anti being-stalked-through-my-entire-life-and-having-my-details-sold-like-I'm-a-cheap-peice-of-meat, and unfortunately ATM blocking that also means blocking most online adverts. So I draw the line before sponsorblock. At least the content creators get a better cut of that than they get from YouTube monetisation & youtube can't take it away from them as easily at…

I'm completely anti advert. They declared war on civilization 20 years ago and don't deserve to be treated as anything but a parasitic cultural disease. It didn't have to be this way, but that's where they took us.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by fryman »

world2vec wrote: post #19

Any good equivalent to Newpipe for iOS? I'm using Video Lite so I only get one ad when opening the app. I'd like to have SponsorBlock like some Newpipe versions have and no ads at all.

Safari extensions vinegar and sponsorblock. Youtube in safari is a little janky compared to the app, but that’s the best I’ve found.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by robertlagrant »

yetanotherloss wrote: post #31
dspillett wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I block ads not because I'm completely anti-advert. I'm anti being-stalked-through-my-entire-life-and-having-my-details-sold-like-I'm-a-cheap-peice-of-meat, and unfortunately ATM blocking that also means blocking most online adverts. So I draw the line before sponsorblock. At least the content creators get a better cut of that than they get from YouTube monetisation & youtube can't take it away from them as easily at…

I'm completely anti advert. They declared war on civilization 20 years ago and don't deserve to be treated as anything but a parasitic cultural disease. It didn't have to be this way, but that's where they took us.

As long as you avoid things that are paid for by ads, there's no moral problem.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by NovemberWhiskey »

hunter2_ wrote: post #23

DMCA anti-circumvention provisions are regarding tools that circumvent effective access controls. I realize that broken encryption is considered an effective access control in this context despite it being broken, but apps like Newpipe aren't even breaking encryption, right? What aspect of the YouTube servers' behavior can be construed as an effective access control? Is there even a rudimentary secret, that never get…

Access to YouTube videos is only "authorized" through YouTube's site and official apps (or yada yada), and YouTube videos are copyrighted material. YouTube has technological measures to ensure that you only watch YouTube videos that way. If you circumvent those technology measures, that's prima facie a DMCA violation, no?

The definition of circumvention of a technology measure is extremely broad including "to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure".

I'm pretty much of the opinion that the DMCA is a piece of crap as a law, but it doesn't lack for breadth and generality in those definitions.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by boomboomsubban »

wtallis wrote: post #26
fweimer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think counter notices apply to circumvention devices. There is also no liability exemption for service providers.

> I don't think counter notices apply to circumvention devices. Right, because the DMCA takedown notice procedure as a whole doesn't apply to circumvention devices, only to content that is itself copyright infringement.

Exactly. The DRM circumvention parts of the DMCA specify a court order is needed to stop a circumvention device.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by aeyes »

world2vec wrote: post #19

Any good equivalent to Newpipe for iOS? I'm using Video Lite so I only get one ad when opening the app. I'd like to have SponsorBlock like some Newpipe versions have and no ads at all.

uYouPlus (sideloading required)

Works without a jailbreak, you just have to refresh the app every 7 days but thats pretty much automated these days.

Re: Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

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Post by floomk »

awinter-py wrote: post #24

incredibly useful product. pretty sure 'background play' is a paid feature on default droid youtube[1]. newpipe does it out of the box. I don't object to paying for youtube but I do object to them linking my watch activity to my account. guessing youtube is constantly trying to kill this, just like ytdl, but for now amazing work keeping it up 1. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7437614

> guessing youtube is constantly trying to kill this, just like ytdl, but for now amazing work keeping it up

their lawyers are, but the developers certainly aren't. the og youtube-dl hasn't released in 2 years and still works mostly fine.

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