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Using a copyrighted music track as the example in the README is really stupid or just shows a total lack of respect for copyright.
by google234123 6y ago
Using a copyrighted music track as the example in the README is really stupid or just shows a total lack of respect for copyright.
- bleepblorp 6y agoCopyright law is illegitimate and should not be respected. The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States.
- pmoriarty 6y ago"The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States. " It's not like a million people don't have youtube-dl's source code. It can be hosted anywhere in the world in a heartbeat, and by now probably has been a thousand times over.
- jchw 6y agoFWIW, they did not. This was misinformation from me, misreading the DMCA. I am not glad that my misunderstanding will now spread far and wide, but I at least caught it within the edit window. The DMCA is complaining about test cases. See extractor/youtube.py in your local copy.