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To be fair it would be more HN worthy if they managed to reverse engineer the DRM of Spotify to create a custom client without the Spotify library (which only w

To be fair it would be more HN worthy if they managed to reverse engineer the DRM of Spotify to create a custom client without the Spotify library (which only works for Premium users)

yellow_lead 3y ago
There are bypass methods here for almost all platforms: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14rszaw/v3_the_ultimate_spotify_ad_blocking_guide_windows/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14rszaw/v3_the_ulti...
hirako2000 3y ago
Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what.
- JadeNB 3y ago
  > Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what. Circumventing DRM, no matter how trivial, is a violation of the DMCA.
  - linuxandrew 3y ago
    Then just host it elsewhere. Spotify isn't an American company and not everyone who uses Spotify lives in America.
    - JadeNB 3y ago
      The implicit question of: > Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what. was what violation would cause Github specifically to take it down, not whether it could ever find a host. The parent brought up Github, not I.
      - hirako2000 3y ago
        I picked Github simply because Spotube happen to have been pushed there. And because Github is by far the most popular platform to host projects that gets discovered. And because they've taken down many projects in the past, blocking broadwide access not just from jurisdictions where not sure what non ethical law makes not certain what illegal.
        JadeNB 3y ago
        Yeah, no shade to you from me. I think my mention of a US law triggered some HNers' (justified) fears of US-centrism, and I was just explaining why I thought it was not unduly US-centric to respond to a comment about a company headquartered in the US with a remark that referenced the DMCA.
  - mrd3v0 3y ago
    Good thing DRM is not as protected in many countries and the anti-DRM movement include some hosters.
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - JadeNB 3y ago
      Your sibling comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39073132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39073132 mentioned a similar thing. The reference to Github and what could cause a takedown there was the parent's, not mine.
- nsteel 3y ago
  One of their terms of use is regarding using their API data alongside competitor services. This project fundamentally breaks that. I think it's on borrowed time.
dartharva 3y ago
There do exist cracked Spotify "mod" apks in the high seas that do it. They are perhaps too illegal to get featured on HN.

To be fair it would be more HN worthy if they managed to reverse engineer the DRM of Spotify to create a custom client without the Spotify library (which only works for Premium users)

yellow_lead 3y ago

There are bypass methods here for almost all platforms: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14rszaw/v3_the_ultimate_spotify_ad_blocking_guide_windows/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14rszaw/v3_the_ulti...

hirako2000 3y ago

Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what.

JadeNB 3y ago
> Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what. Circumventing DRM, no matter how trivial, is a violation of the DMCA.
- linuxandrew 3y ago
  Then just host it elsewhere. Spotify isn't an American company and not everyone who uses Spotify lives in America.
  - JadeNB 3y ago
    The implicit question of: > Would be far less worthy if, by the time we get to the README, we only get to see a take down notice from Github. Instigated by Spotify for breach of not sure what. was what violation would cause Github specifically to take it down, not whether it could ever find a host. The parent brought up Github, not I.
    - hirako2000 3y ago
      I picked Github simply because Spotube happen to have been pushed there. And because Github is by far the most popular platform to host projects that gets discovered. And because they've taken down many projects in the past, blocking broadwide access not just from jurisdictions where not sure what non ethical law makes not certain what illegal.
      - JadeNB 3y ago
        Yeah, no shade to you from me. I think my mention of a US law triggered some HNers' (justified) fears of US-centrism, and I was just explaining why I thought it was not unduly US-centric to respond to a comment about a company headquartered in the US with a remark that referenced the DMCA.
- mrd3v0 3y ago
  Good thing DRM is not as protected in many countries and the anti-DRM movement include some hosters.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - JadeNB 3y ago
    Your sibling comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39073132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39073132 mentioned a similar thing. The reference to Github and what could cause a takedown there was the parent's, not mine.
nsteel 3y ago
One of their terms of use is regarding using their API data alongside competitor services. This project fundamentally breaks that. I think it's on borrowed time.

dartharva 3y ago

There do exist cracked Spotify "mod" apks in the high seas that do it. They are perhaps too illegal to get featured on HN.