The EFF covered this issue, it was an abuse of the DMCA. > First, youtube-dl does not infringe or encourage the infringement of any copyrighted works, and its

The EFF covered this issue, it was an abuse of the DMCA. > First, youtube-dl does not infringe or encourage the infringement of any copyrighted works, and its references to copyrighted songs in its unit tests are a fair use. Nevertheless, youtube-dl’s maintainers are replacing these references. Second, youtube-dl does not violate Section 1201 of the DMCA because it does not “circumvent” any technical protection measures on YouTube videos. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-yout...