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I'm not defending the industry or the case at all. I'm just saying that saying "youtube-dl is technically a browser", and letting the defense rest its case, is
by nmilo 5y ago
I'm not defending the industry or the case at all. I'm just saying that saying "youtube-dl is technically a browser", and letting the defense rest its case, is the kind of technically-correct nonsense that often gets written on HN but would never work in the real world.
- zaroth 5y agoIANAL, but it seems to me that there would be a strong ADA/accessibility defense for youtube-dl as a user agent. The other major defense is that it’s a tool with significant lawful use. Many digital tools can be used to infringe. It’s only a problem for the tool maker if the tool’s primary purpose is circumventing copyright.
- onli 5y agoThat's not nonsense, it's very relevant to this case and just the facts. That the judges in Hamburg are not suspectible to facts or reality is on them, not on HN. And actually, it is what an expert courts should and do commission in such cases would explain.