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Youtube-dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban (torrentfreak.com)
submitted 2 years ago by masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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They should just move to a jurisdiction that does not care for US thugs.

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[–] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago (3 children)

“[T]he average user must recognize that YouTube content, unlike media content on other websites, cannot be downloaded with a simple right-click

Accurate

and must be aware that this is achieved using technology on YouTube

Accurate

and that youtube-dl ‘overrides’ this protection.

Accurate

It is therefore to be assumed that the average user acts in bad faith,” the Hamburg Court wrote.

If by "in bad faith," you mean, "with mostly benevolent intent but sadly in contradiction to the impotent dictates of the bad-faith-est of bad-faith actors in the music creation community for the last fifty years," then, accurate.

[–] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So because the average person is aware that it's difficult to download off YouTube, that means any attempt to make it easier is "acting in bad faith"?

Is it "bad faith" to replace your phone's battery because it requires some specialized tools? Is it "bad faith" to change the oil in your car instead of bringing it to a service center?

[–] DarraignTheSane@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago

"Good faith" = corporations screwing you

"Bad faith" = you screwing corporations

There, I've simplified it.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To give some additional context: The Hamburg court is easily one of the worst institutions in all of Germany. They are infamous for ruling in favor of large corporations and against "the little guy". One of their judges even had the nickname "Judge Merciless". They don't care about the facts, they are just looking for a way to please the corporation without it being too obvoius.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

Aah, Hamburg. I'm not sure if the content industry bribed/threatened all judges there or if they are truly such a collection of idiots. These guys are almost a joke in Germany already and have been for years. There's a reason why almost all major copyright cases are held there.

[–] _I_@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago

yt-dlp

[–] Kovu@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s a german court order, not US.

but yeah it’s embarrassing

[–] PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Newpipe is an app for Android that has a d/l option.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Libretube is another similar option.

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Seal is another option, and it uses YT-DLP on the backend, a fork of Youtube-DL.

[–] thecam@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Youtube-dl has been getting nothing but chased down the past year or so now.