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The end result will be GitHub taking down this repo and possibly blocking PRs. Congratulations on making life difficult for other people.

userbinator 6y ago
Congratulations on making life difficult for other people. Tell that to the RIAA... It's funny to see the Streisand Effect happen with this one.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  US copyright law has teeth for stuff like this. If the RIAA goes after the OP for statutory damages, he's basically fucked for life. And they love to make examples of people. Did everybody forget Kazaa and Limewire?
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  - toyg 6y ago
    Not remotely on the same level. Kazaa and Limewire were moneymaking companies with fairly undefensible behavior from a legal perspective. This is an individual using a website the way it’s supposed to be used, for documentation purposes. A judge would “expeditiously” send the RIAA packing with a large bill for defendant’s legal fees.
    - gamblor956 6y ago
      Right, it's not the same level. Kazaa and Limewire faced theoretical liabilities in the billions. That doesn't mean that the programmers of youtube-dl, or those who choose to engage in spreading the program, can't be held liable for much lower levels of damages which are still financially ruinous for an individual even if they're small on an absolute basis. I've been on the other side of an RIAA lawsuit, and their lawyers are aggressive. They offer a carrot settlement, but if that settlement is declined they will beat you with a stick and offer no mercy.
  - bitwize 6y ago
    They could call the U.S. attorney and go after the OP with federal felony charges.
mayneack 6y ago
In a 10 second glance at closed PRs, it doesn't seem like they ever merge any from the public.
saagarjha 6y ago
I suspect that many would consider this to be a win, although I doubt this will happen.
Arnavion 6y ago
If GitHub ever makes it possible for public repos to disable PRs, I think many regular users will be interested :) It's a quite old feature request: https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/84 https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/84 It's been somewhat alleviated recently by the "archive" feature, though it would still be nice to have in cases where the repo is still being developed but doesn't want external contributions.
DoctorNick 6y ago
The people who are responsible for this SHOULD have their lives made as difficult as possible.
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userbinator 6y ago

Congratulations on making life difficult for other people. Tell that to the RIAA... It's funny to see the Streisand Effect happen with this one.

gamblor956 6y ago
US copyright law has teeth for stuff like this. If the RIAA goes after the OP for statutory damages, he's basically fucked for life. And they love to make examples of people. Did everybody forget Kazaa and Limewire?
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- toyg 6y ago
  Not remotely on the same level. Kazaa and Limewire were moneymaking companies with fairly undefensible behavior from a legal perspective. This is an individual using a website the way it’s supposed to be used, for documentation purposes. A judge would “expeditiously” send the RIAA packing with a large bill for defendant’s legal fees.
  - gamblor956 6y ago
    Right, it's not the same level. Kazaa and Limewire faced theoretical liabilities in the billions. That doesn't mean that the programmers of youtube-dl, or those who choose to engage in spreading the program, can't be held liable for much lower levels of damages which are still financially ruinous for an individual even if they're small on an absolute basis. I've been on the other side of an RIAA lawsuit, and their lawyers are aggressive. They offer a carrot settlement, but if that settlement is declined they will beat you with a stick and offer no mercy.
- bitwize 6y ago
  They could call the U.S. attorney and go after the OP with federal felony charges.

mayneack 6y ago

In a 10 second glance at closed PRs, it doesn't seem like they ever merge any from the public.

saagarjha 6y ago

I suspect that many would consider this to be a win, although I doubt this will happen.

Arnavion 6y ago

If GitHub ever makes it possible for public repos to disable PRs, I think many regular users will be interested :) It's a quite old feature request: https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/84 https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/84 It's been somewhat alleviated recently by the "archive" feature, though it would still be nice to have in cases where the repo is still being developed but doesn't want external contributions.

DoctorNick 6y ago

The people who are responsible for this SHOULD have their lives made as difficult as possible.

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