Thread by @doctorow on the RIAA using DMCA section 1201 to ban youtubedl from GitHub
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/31
A very interesting thread by @doctorow:
Late last week, the @RIAA sent a legal threat to @Github, claiming that the popular (and absolutely lawful) tool #youtubedl (which allows users to download Youtube videos for offline viewing, e……
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More on section 1201: [Wayback] Pluralistic: 24 Oct 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow: RIAA kills youtubedl
There is also a great technical analysis at [Wayback/Archive.is] Analysis of the RIAA claims against youtube-dl · GitHub
This write-up follows the code paths in youtube-dl that get executed when you try to run it based on the claims of RIAA has put forward. This is a technical analysis, not a legal one.
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- [Archive.is] Janos Pasztor on Twitter: “The analysis is now finished and public: … (Thanks for the help @jwildeboer ) /cc @leonardjfrench… “
- [Archive.is] Jan 😷 Wildeboer on Twitter: “So, the #RIAA ‘case’ against #youtubedl seems to be based on not understanding how developers work when they test their code. Le Sigh. But also #WhereIsMySurprisedFace Big fat thank yout to @janoszen for all the work here. cc @doctorow @EFF @glynmoody… “
–jeroen
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