{"id":682,"date":"2020-10-27T07:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T07:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1325494"},"modified":"2020-10-27T07:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T07:36:43","slug":"github-took-down-popular-youtube-downloader-so-devs-made-more-copies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader \u2014 so devs made more copies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week, GitHub took down the popular YouTube video downloader tool \u201cYouTube-dl\u201d after the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA), the organization that represents record labels, issued a DCMA takedown notice<\/a>. As a result, the code hosting site took down multiple repositories<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

RIAA argued that the YouTube-dl repository used technology violated section 1201 of copyright laws to obtain licensed content illegally. The notice also said that the tool\u2019s developers used copyrighted songs from artists such as Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, and Charlie XCX as examples of content users can download. It also cited a ruling from a German court that favors the takedown.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the other side of the argument from developers and activists saying the tool was meant to download videos from the government and other resources could use under creatives common licensing.<\/p>\n

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Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https:\/\/t.co\/VUbTokd4cP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 EFF (@EFF) October 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Youtuber Quinn Nelson, who runs the channel Snazzy Labs, said that he used the tool to archive his own content.<\/p>\n

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This is absurd. I used youtube-dl to download and archive MY OWN CONTENT. Wouldn\u2019t have been possible without it. https:\/\/t.co\/NweQe4OWf9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A report from the Freedom of the Press Foundation<\/a> describes how various journalists used the tool in different ways ranging from fact checking to gauge the reach of conspiracy theories. It also said that a lot of journalists used the tool to download videos for transcription of interviews.<\/p>\n

[Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

While the original YoutTbe-dl repository is still down, there are now hunders<\/a> of<\/a> new<\/a> forks<\/a> of it on GitHub and Gitlab. Security engineer Lance Vick noted that programmers have even exploited a bug to attach the original YouTube-dl source code to GitHub\u2019s repository for DCMA takedowns.<\/p>\n

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Hey @GitHub<\/a>. Remember that security bug where anyone can attach commits to repos they don’t control? That bug you said you wont fix?<\/p>\n

It was used to attach the “youtube-dl” source code to your own DMCA repo. Have fun @DMCA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You two deserve each other.https:\/\/t.co\/NzlFTAKytp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lance R. Vick ( @[email protected]<\/a> ) (@lrvick) October 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, the challenge for these project managers would be to keep up with YouTube\u2019s code changes so that the tool can download video without hidernace. Plus, for users, it\u2019ll be hard to know what project to follow and what tool to download in order to have the most updated version.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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