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Vanced is a modified version of the official Youtube app. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it's a copyright violation to distribute modified versions of so
by Zak 5y ago
Vanced is a modified version of the official Youtube app. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it's a copyright violation to distribute modified versions of someone else's software without their permission.
What's probably not illegal to distribute is the source code for the tools they used to generate those modified Youtube apps, so I'm a bit surprised by how adamantly they're refusing to do so in this post.
- jeroenhd 5y agoThe author probably knows that Google could sue the ever living hell out of them for copyright and trademark violations, or maybe even go so far as to try to extract "lost revenue" from skipped ads by arguing that the trademark violation might have tricked people into thinking the app was official and therefore unknowingly deprived Google of ads. I'm guessing the C&D was followed by a "we won't sue you if you do the following" proposal, which includes not releasing the source code for their tweaks.
- ipaddr 5y agoThat's for the lawyers. The source will be sold and resurface somewhere.
- kmeisthax 5y agoThe source code itself is probably also an infringing derivative work of YouTube's Android app.
- izacus 5y agoHmm, aren't tools that circumvent DRM and copyright protections also illegal under DMCA? Because Vanced source would certanly wall under that.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoNo DRM is involved to extract an app manifest. DMCA circumvention rules don't apply. It is still an unauthorized derivative work.