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I just used windows-g to record upside down music video. Seems to work fine. mp4 file is in my captures video. Sound is great. How is that acceptable and t

I just used windows-g to record upside down music video. Seems to work fine. mp4 file is in my captures video. Sound is great. How is that acceptable and this isn't? btw, Popcorn time is a bit different situation. I would say bit torrent is more the problem, or at least the people who upload pirated content. What is odd though is that it's the RIAA filing suit here and not google. Google has a real complaint, RIAA certainly does not. It would be like if NYT went after a web client for saving news articles for offline reading. Bizarre.

Wowfunhappy 6y ago
Can you use the DMCA for a TOS breech? It's not obvious to me that Google would have a claim.
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  TOS don't really have any legal power, and you don't even have to accept TOS to use youtube-dl, so I guess the worst they could do would be to deny you service.
resfirestar 6y ago
What’s the difference? The main one I can see is that the RIAA is accusing ytdl of being a DRM circumvention tool while Popcorn Time is just a straightforward P2P infringement tool. That doesn’t make the DMCA notice any more valid. I guess I’m nitpicking but it’s important that they’re not “filing suit”, possibly because they don’t care enough or don’t think they have a case. DMCA takedown is a sort of dispute resolution process mandated by law, it’s not a substitute for an actual lawsuit.
nexuist 6y ago
> How is that acceptable and this isn't? Because Microsoft can afford lawyers to fight this, and random GitHub projects can't. It's an intimidation tactic.
- Griffinsauce 6y ago
  It's copyright terrorism. The aim is fear.
lgregg 6y ago
> What is odd though is that it's the RIAA filing suit here and not google. Google has a real complaint, RIAA certainly does not. Probably not wanting to poke a hornets nest of the open source community.
swiley 6y ago
All this misuse of technology is going to bring back the kinescope.

Wowfunhappy 6y ago

Can you use the DMCA for a TOS breech? It's not obvious to me that Google would have a claim.

sudosysgen 6y ago
TOS don't really have any legal power, and you don't even have to accept TOS to use youtube-dl, so I guess the worst they could do would be to deny you service.

resfirestar 6y ago

What’s the difference? The main one I can see is that the RIAA is accusing ytdl of being a DRM circumvention tool while Popcorn Time is just a straightforward P2P infringement tool. That doesn’t make the DMCA notice any more valid. I guess I’m nitpicking but it’s important that they’re not “filing suit”, possibly because they don’t care enough or don’t think they have a case. DMCA takedown is a sort of dispute resolution process mandated by law, it’s not a substitute for an actual lawsuit.

nexuist 6y ago

> How is that acceptable and this isn't? Because Microsoft can afford lawyers to fight this, and random GitHub projects can't. It's an intimidation tactic.

Griffinsauce 6y ago
It's copyright terrorism. The aim is fear.

lgregg 6y ago

> What is odd though is that it's the RIAA filing suit here and not google. Google has a real complaint, RIAA certainly does not. Probably not wanting to poke a hornets nest of the open source community.

swiley 6y ago

All this misuse of technology is going to bring back the kinescope.