YouTube-DL & Other Open Source Projects V/s Squibs and Muggles

[levi]

FWIW, a music video posted here in the past few days somewhere (I can't be arsed to find it now, but I recall it wasn't posted to the 'what music' thread), failed to download in the youtube-dl project as published before this takedown, but the newer released version posted from their gitlab source works just fine. In other words youtube owners google are still trying to break this project, or at the very least made changes which did break it, but the project maintainers are still able to work together and fix their project.

Edit: And that user 'fucktheRIAA' seems to have been summarily deleted from github. Probably because they used a rude word I guess.

 

[PowerGod]

Edit: And that user 'fucktheRIAA' seems to have been summarily deleted from github. Probably because they used a rude word I guess.

So the Backfire, Backfired on him ?!

 

[levi]

Not really a backfire. The user made the post, the user got deleted. There's no sense of additional stuff coming down on him, which would be pretty much the definition of a good backfire, it's more of a reset to the beginning.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

EFF Argues RIAA is 'Abusing DMCA' to Take Down YouTube-DL - Slashdot

While the RIAA has objected to a tool for downloading online videos, EFF senior activist Elliot Harmon responds with this question. "Who died and put them in charge of YouTube?" He asks the question in a new video "explainer" on the controversy, and argues in a new piece at EFF.org that the...

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[EvilDragon]

Maybe not, but who ever would like to do that if you have an good GUI? Just copy/paste your URLs and done. It's not that much slower than command-line magic imho.

Me, as I'm using youtube-dl on a headless server

 

[fusion_power]

Me, as I'm using youtube-dl on a headless server

Ok, "Server-stuff", I agree in that case. ^^

Is it actualy because of the youtube-dl shutdown, that "The Tube" on Pandora does not work anymore?

 

[sepulep]

the dissapearance of the github link would prevent an update of youtube-dl inside "The Tube," I would need to check..

 

[Linux-SWAT]

GitHub Reinstates YouTube-dl Library After EFF Intervention - Slashdot

GitHub has reinstated today the youtube-dl open-source project, a Python library that lets users download the source audio and video files behind YouTube videos. From a report: GitHub, a code-hosting repository, had previously removed the library from its portal after it received a controversial...

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[levi]

The github pages all seem to be back in their original locations. Does that mean The Tube should automatically start working again?

 

[Raik]

A bit "off topic". I have made a youtube-dl/ffplay/mplayer frontend for RISC OS port of this tools. ;-)

A small video you find here .

Is not possible to watch youtube directly via Browser in RISC OS. The browser are not support this but you can drag the URL from browser to the YTPlay icon or use the search list ;-)

 

[docbroke]

GitHub Reinstates YouTube-dl Library After EFF Intervention - Slashdot

GitHub has reinstated today the youtube-dl open-source project, a Python library that lets users download the source audio and video files behind YouTube videos. From a report: GitHub, a code-hosting repository, had previously removed the library from its portal after it received a controversial...

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Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back

Today we reinstated youtube-dl, a popular project on GitHub, after we received additional information about the project that enabled us to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown.

github.blog

 

[Null]

Process DMCA request · github/dmca@e00bfb5

Repository with text of DMCA takedown notices as received. GitHub does not endorse or adopt any assertion contained in the following notices. Users identified in the notices are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Additional information about our DMCA policy can be found at - Process DMCA...

github.com

EFF letter to GitHub.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

After Restoring YouTube-dl, GitHub Revamps Its Copyright Takedown Policy - Slashdot

On October 23rd GitHub initially complied with a takedown request for the open-source project youtube-dl — and then after 24 days, reinstated it. "If there's a silver lining to the episode, it's that GitHub is implementing new policies to avoid a repeat of a repeat situation moving forward,...

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[ptitSeb]

This looks pretty good. This "takedown mecanism" seems fair (at least you have a chance to defend/explain yourself, and you are not-guilty until proven otherwise). Compare to just DMCA were your are just guilty, by someone else standard.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Pirate Bay Founder Warns US Govt Against Mafia-Esque Copyright Lobby - Slashdot

One of the original founders of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, is warning against the power American corporations have on the internet. After several copyright industry groups reported Sunde's domain registration service Njalla to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), branding it a "notorious...

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I like the "screwing" part :^)

 

[levi]

Can @docbroke or a mod change the thread title please? Youtube-dl was never actually taken down; even during it's absence from Github they managed to release an update, and their presence on github has since been restated.

Perhaps the new title should be 'Big business versus the open source community (was: youtube-dl taken down)'

 

[docbroke]

Alright, changed the thread title, I guess it reflects the spirit of this thread now

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Host of Youtube-dl Web Site Sued by Major Record Labels - Slashdot

"As part of their growing battle against popular open source software tool youtube-dl, three major music labels are now suing Uberspace, the company that currently hosts the official youtube-dl homepage," reports TorrentFreak: According to plaintiffs Sony, Universal and Warner, youtube-dl...

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[levi]

I wonder what websites apart from the site coordinating development have been sued and turned off? I guess I'll find out tonight when I try to download my daily posted videos though.

 

[Null]

Host of Youtube-dl Web Site Sued by Major Record Labels - Slashdot

"As part of their growing battle against popular open source software tool youtube-dl, three major music labels are now suing Uberspace, the company that currently hosts the official youtube-dl homepage," reports TorrentFreak: According to plaintiffs Sony, Universal and Warner, youtube-dl...

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I know you're in love with Slashdot but would it have been too difficult for you to have directly linked to the original article?

Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl's Hosting Provider * TorrentFreak

Sony, Universal and Warner have filed a lawsuit against German hosting company Uberspace for hosting the website of ripping tool youtube-dl.

torrentfreak.com

Also in other news, it's a bit late to try and get youtube-dl taken down, everybody has moved on to using yt-dlp instead.