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

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Post by Jenk »

jeroenhd wrote: post #11

All of this because they don't want you to download Guizmo - Dans ma ruche ( https://ssyoutube.com/en691rT/ ) Not the first time they've spammed DMCA takedowns either: https://lumendatabase.org/faceted_search?sender_name=Because... In comically French fashion, their complaints also include the same message in French just in case someone in Mountain View is more fluent in French than in English. I wonder if this is ju…

> Dear ssyoutube.com User: As you may have heard, our industry has been under strenuous attacks by certain GB copyright holders. Because of these attacks, it has become financially impractical for ssyoutube.com to continue to provide services in the Great Britain. Accordingly, ssyoutube.com will be terminating its services in the Great Britain as of November 3, 2022. We thank you for your past loyalty and patronage and wish you health and safety during the present health crisis and beyond. Very truly yours, ssyoutube.com

Well that's just awesome.

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

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Post by dcow »

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 agree with you in spirit.

Here's a thought experiment, though: if you manually skip sponsor segments every single time you watch a video by dragging the scrubber, is that any different from having a piece of software do as much for you, in an automated fashion?

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

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Post by ransomewhere »

hospitalJail wrote: post #15
talldatethrow wrote: post #8

I just installed the app. Thanks Google.

I learned about Fdroid because of something like this. Then I learned about Bromium(which is obsolete today, but was a great browser with adblock support)

You mean Bromite?

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

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Post by dcow »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #38
wtallis wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Why isn't this higher up? This seems like the actual meat of the discussion: Google is erroneously interpreting this takedown request as something it's supposed to comply with, when in fact it's not. Furthermore by misinterpreting requirements here Google is harming the public and newpipe. I wonder what newpipe's appeal (to Google) process looks like...

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

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Post by mynameisash »

h4x0rr wrote: post #34
talldatethrow wrote: post #8

I just installed the app. Thanks Google.

Classic Streisand effect

Oh man, I'd never heard of NewPipe until now. I've literally had it installed for three minutes, and I am amazed. I was able to dial up a music video that I frequently listen to without ads, I could immediately background the app, and even turn off my screen while still listening.

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

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Post by jeroenhd »

donmcronald wrote: post #25
jeroenhd wrote: post #11

All of this because they don't want you to download Guizmo - Dans ma ruche ( https://ssyoutube.com/en691rT/ ) Not the first time they've spammed DMCA takedowns either: https://lumendatabase.org/faceted_search?sender_name=Because... In comically French fashion, their complaints also include the same message in French just in case someone in Mountain View is more fluent in French than in English. I wonder if this is ju…

I'm pretty skeptical of stuff like that. To me, it looks like they proxy the download for you, but that doesn't make sense because there's no way they have the revenue to support that, right? How does it work? Can someone explain it to me?

You take youtube-dl/yt-dlp, make a frontend for submitting URLs to it, and stick it in on a page absolutely teeming with ads. With enough ads and enough random people searching for "youtube MP3 downloader" you can cover the server expenses and probably make a few bucks per month in the process.
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