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They have expensive lawyers, you don't
by kevingadd 6y ago
They have expensive lawyers, you don't
- Teever 6y agoIf they go after you for the same thing they themselves did aren't they just handing you the means to go after them?
- kevingadd 6y agoThey're not paying for your lawyers. It's that simple. Unless you have a deep war chest any competent lawyer would tell you not to pursue it.
- dotancohen 6y agoMicrosoft has expensive lawyers on retainer, and would not challenge the takedown notice against youtube-dl.
- vkou 6y agoThose lawyers protect Microsoft from liabilities. Their users are, in this case, a liability.
- x0 6y agoWould Microsoft care about youtube-dl? Aside from their recent gesturing towards open source, I can't see a scenario in which they'd even say anything. Considering how often youtube-dl has to be updated and re-downloaded, they might even be happy to get that load off GitHub.