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The original youtube-dl was taken down by GitHub because of the DMCA complaint, not because it violated the DMCA. It was subsequently restored by GitHub. This p
by seabass-labrax 3y ago
The original youtube-dl was taken down by GitHub because of the DMCA complaint, not because it violated the DMCA. It was subsequently restored by GitHub. This project is simply more actively maintained; it's existence has nothing to do with the DMCA scandal.
- dredmorbius 3y agoThe complaint wasn't even a valid 512 takedown notice, but an (inaccurate) 1201 anti-circumvention complaint written so as to closely resemble a 512 notice. (Where "512" and "1201" refer to the specific portions of US Code Title 17 copyright law regarding DMCA provisions for infringement safe-harbour protections to service providers and circumvention of copyright controls, respectively.) I'd pointed this out at the time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24903429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24903429> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24888234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24888234> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24875684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24875684> <https://web.archive.org/web/20201025175239/https://joindiaspora.com/posts/808cf690f8e801381778002590d8e506 https://web.archive.org/web/20201025175239/https://joindiasp...>