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> Is there something wrong with downloading videos to my computer? Nope. Creating a tool perceived by those with enough lawyers to be a “copy protection circum
by CodeWriter23 6y ago
> Is there something wrong with downloading videos to my computer?
Nope. Creating a tool perceived by those with enough lawyers to be a “copy protection circumvention device” however does run afoul of the DMCA.
- raxxorrax 6y agoAnd platforms doing standing back flips to appease stupid legislation. Reminds me of YouTube blocking Blender videos... had other reasons though, don't remember exactly, but it had to do with them not monetizing their videos and really, really bad support.
- judge2020 6y agohttps://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/ https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blende... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17347560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17347560 Basically they needed to enable monetization since [I assume] Google was taking a non-negligible loss by hosting all of their content for free.
- caymanjim 6y agoIf you think the legislation is stupid, blame the legislators. Companies have to abide by laws, even stupid ones.
- rbecker 6y agoThey have to abide by them, not enforce them (unless a court order makes them). There's no law against distributing operating systems that allow running of programs that break the law.
- vbezhenar 6y agoWhy does Apple care? It's none of their business.
- selectodude 6y agoBecause Apple is the one that will be party to a lawsuit if it ever came to pass. One of the negatives of being gatekeeper is you're no longer protected by "safe harbor" provisions. And I have to imagine Apple has enough money to be worth suing, even if it's frivolous nonsense.
- jhasse 6y agoiTunes and Apple TV+?
- the_af 6y agoSo a re-hash of the old "audio tapes will kill the music industry" or "video tapes will kill cinema"?
- OskarS 6y agoNobody here thinks that the law is a good idea or will do anything to protect any content industries. The fact is that despite being enormously stupid, it is still the law.
- the_af 6y agoYes, I know I'm preaching the choir here. My point is that with each advance in technology, established industry "actors" panic because they foresee their business will go bankrupt. Sometimes this panic is justified, but often it's not, or it's blown out of proportion. It's not necessarily the law, either. Panicky industry heavyweights may lobby to make it a law, or try to confuse a given tech with copyright infringement, but "downloading videos" is not against the law.
- CodeWriter23 6y agoYep, the whole time they were focused on cassette tapes and Napster, the music industry completely missed the iPod/iTunes threat.