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YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Post by heyoni »

saddlerustle wrote: post #663
adrianmonk wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, does the fact that YouTube doesn't supply a download feature constitute a "technical protection measure"? From the RIAA's point of view, it works to their benefit that a download link doesn't exist, and it may be something they like, but that doesn't mean that's why. It could just as easily be that a download feature doesn't exist because YouTube wants you to keep returning to their site if you want to rewatch…

As mentioned in the notice, the RIAA is specifically claiming youtube-dl's deobfuscation of youtube's request signatures is what's infringing, which a german court ruled to be an effective technological protection measure.

I seriously doubt they read the source code.

Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Post by dane-pgp »

roywiggins wrote: post #485
Nextgrid wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't it be trivially reinstated then by removing any references to copyrighted content? youtube-dl has plenty of legitimate uses beyond just copyright infringement.

The issue with the readme infects the rest of the code, even if it's removed. It's still evidence that the repository was intended to facilitate copyright infringement. The problem isn't the words of the readme but what those words imply about what the authors of the code intended. If they instead had released it and then said in a public forum "check out my cool code for copyright infringement" (but had a totally bl…

Equally, then, couldn't another author fork the code and distribute it under a new name, with the offending test removed and a blameless README that says "please don't use my cool code for copyright infringement"?

It sounds like you're saying the problem is with the original authors, not the code itself, so taking down the code seems like the wrong approach for the RIAA.

Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Post by ffpip »

justinclift wrote: post #844
ffpip wrote: post #119

You can't even search for it? https://github.com/search?q=youtube-dl

For me, that gives "3,676 repository results" with the standard GitHub UI for drilling into them. Is it different for you?

They seem to have fixed it.

Searching for 'youtube-dl' didnt give any results 10 hours ago. But searching for 'youtube-d' showed many.

Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Post by dane-pgp »

dboreham wrote: post #732
young_unixer wrote: post #618

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It beats me why they'd use those videos as examples knowing how finicky copyright law is.

Lack of legal awareness / advice?

Perhaps the SFLC[0] should be actively seeking out popular Free Software projects and pre-emptively auditing them for legal issues such as these. That must be a more cost-effective (and crowd-sourceable) process than actually fighting a legal case against the RIAA.

[0] https://softwarefreedom.org/

Re: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

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Post by Kliment »

Can we, as a community, cause damage and annoyance to RIAA executives and their member company executives? Here are some ideas:

- Ban them from dating sites

- Ban their kids from instagram/tiktok/whatever

- Have web shops show all items as out of stock for them

- Refuse to do business with them or their families, in general

- subscribe them to real life spam

- send their office envelopes of glitter

I'm sure others can think of other methods. Maybe it's just vindictiveness on my part, but maybe it will make them reconsider their life choices if said choices came at a cost of permanent inconvenience.

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