![]() The official download from Youtube-dl via the project homepage is no longer available. The concern about using a DMCA takedown notice to remove software that does not in itself constitute copyright infringement is that it creates a precedent that lays the foundation for future abuse of the DMCA. ![]() Youtube-dl, one of the most popular repositories on GitHub with 72k stars, is not illegal per se, as the RIAA suggests, but has many legal uses because YouTube not only contains copyrighted material but also tons of content from the field Public domain. ![]() GitHub complied with the request and removed Youtube-dl and 17 related projects and forks that the RIAA had listed by name. If so, then it’s an inexplicable stupid lapse on the part of the developers and probably the death knell for the popular application, because, in my opinion, the case should be watertight in court. Youtube-dl allows users to download and distribute music videos and sound recordings without permission.Īccording to the letter, there are examples in the source code for the use of the library, which explicitly mentions works protected by copyright. In the letter to GitHub, the RIAA argues that the obvious purpose of the Youtube-DL library is to circumvent technical safeguards used by streaming services such as YouTube to protect the copyright of the works offered there. Youtube-dl is a very popular command-line tool for downloading songs and videos from YouTube and other video platforms. The reason was a request for removal based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A total of 18 projects, all of which were related to Youtube-dl, including Youtube-dl itself, were removed from the code hosting platform GitHub yesterday.
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