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They 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
by Macha 5y ago
They 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.