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RIAA trying to take down youtube-dl, time to fight back
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NiHaoMike:
https://www.xda-developers.com/youtube-dl-riaa-dmca/
The simple answer: boycott the RIAA.
ataradov:
How exactly do you "boycott the RIAA"? They provide no useful service to the absolute majority of the population. Hard to boycott something you don't use in a first place.
NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: ataradov on October 27, 2020, 12:44:16 am ---How exactly do you "boycott the RIAA"? They provide no useful service to the absolute majority of the population. Hard to boycott something you don't use in a first place.

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Don't buy or pirate music from a RIAA member company, cancel subscriptions to music streaming services that feature content from RIAA member companies, use Adblock if you must watch a music video from a RIAA member company. If you already are "boycotting" them, great!
rdl:
I guess they feel like playing whack-a-mole.
NiHaoMike:

--- Quote ---As evidence, the RIAA cited comments in the YouTube-DL source code that informed users on how to test the program against videos that their members own the copyrights to. The tests where copyrighted material was linked were intended to make sure that the library can download a normal video, a video with an age limit, and a video that included dollar signs in the name. These 3 videos used for testing were music videos from Icona Pop, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift.
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So replace those test cases with CC or other freely licensed videos. Naomi Wu can supply an age limited video, plenty of makers can supply a video with a dollar sign in the title, and normal videos can be supplied by pretty much any maker.
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