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Love it. The question, especially for the folks around here. When Github eventually takes a stronger stand against this sort of thing, because it is 100% goin
by jrm4 5y ago
Love it.
The question, especially for the folks around here.
When Github eventually takes a stronger stand against this sort of thing, because it is 100% going to happen, are folks going to properly fight it?
- Macha 5y agoThey were DMCAed, they got bad press out of it, they eventually stood up for the developer in exchange for a token concession (deleting test data that referred to copyrighted music and was named in the complaint): https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/ https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-yo... , and reversed the takedown unilaterally (which would mean the claimant could take github/microsoft to court if they felt like it). Whether it's a matter of principles or just the bad press from the initial takedown is less clear, but I think it'll be a while before they re litigate this issue.
- totetsu 5y agoI still can't access my fork of YouTube DL with all my custom plugin work on GitHub
- kragen 5y agoWhy not? Did you forget your GitHub password?
- totetsu 5y agoThey blocked everyones forks at the same time as the original.
- kragen 5y agoWhat does "blocked" mean? Is your fork still "blocked"?
- totetsu 5y agoBlocked meant that when I tried to view my fork I got a DMCA page. There were some instructions about how to merge in the changes or something but I didn't have time at the time.
- kragen 5y agoOh, so if you merge in the changes from the original repo that remove the copyrighted music URL from the test data, then your repository will work again?
- totetsu 5y agoYes I think that was the instructions. But I forgot where I kept my local copy of the repo, and it was far behind the current master head. I was just parsing wfmu playlist to make track meta-data.. probably if I did it again I would write it better anyway.
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- TeMPOraL 5y ago> (which would mean the claimant could take github/microsoft to court if they felt like it) I can't imagine that ever happening. But what I can imagine is the media groups giving Microsoft a hard time on whatever deals they have in the Xbox ecosystem, pressuring until GitHub unilaterally reverses their reversal, or does something else to satisfy them.
- jrm4 5y agoLawyer here. Forest/Trees, people. It may not ever come to "litigation," there are so many other ways to make this happen. I suppose I should be a bit clearer. When Microsoft and the big media people get together to try to make it go away, what will be the the response?
- Ruthalas 5y agoI suspect it will simply move to being hosted on gitlab or similar. Less discoverable, but likely available.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago> are folks going to properly fight it? I hope so. I would really like to see git hosting as a Tor hidden service.
- pwdisswordfish8 5y agoAgainst forking an inactive project? Why?