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youtube-dl repository restored at GitHub

([Development] Nov 16, 2020 14:58 UTC (Mon) (jake))


The GitHub [1]repository for the [2]youtube-dl utility, which is used to download video content from various web sites (including YouTube, thus the name), has been restored. As we [3]reported in last week's edition, GitHub had taken the repository down due to a [4]DMCA notice from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The only [5]change made to youtube-dl is the removal of some tests that downloaded a few seconds of certain music videos; those videos were specifically targeted by the RIAA in its complaint.



[1] https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl

[2] https://yt-dl.org/

[3] https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/836830/5c84e77f5090d3e7/

[4] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md

[5] https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/1fb034d029c8b7feafe45f64e6a0808663ad315e

youtube-dl repository restored at GitHub

Good to hear. Could RIAA still make it an issue that the tests are in the git repository as part of the history? Or were they purged from there as well?

youtube-dl repository restored at GitHub

Good to hear. Could RIAA still make it an issue that the tests are in the git repository as part of the history? Or were they purged from there as well?

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