On the one hand, having those examples in the test suite was sloppy. On the other hand, my $1000 matched EFF donation goes into effect next Friday so that’s good. Also, an important reminder than git is decentralized by design and this is all a game of whack-a-mole. https://t.co/geoGNX3jOY

— Christina Warren (@film_girl) October 23, 2020

The RIAA just got GitHub to ban open source YouTube downloaders.

They don't want anyone to share this code:

mplayer $(echo -s "https://t.co/0ed54RJNXz $youtube_url | sed -n "/watch_fullscreen/s;.＊\(video_id.\+\)&title.＊;\1;p")&fmt=22")

Woops.https://t.co/B6DWUTAhFS

— Lance R. Vick ( @lrvick@mastodon.social ) (@lrvick) October 23, 2020

Another reason to run your own source code repositories if you can using Gitea or GitLab and only use GitHub as a mirror for reach.

e.g., Our canonical self-hosted repositories at Small Technology Foundation:https://t.co/UeYg60RJ3X

Our GitHub mirror:https://t.co/kMGonTr6me https://t.co/lY75YPmyJH

— Aral Balkan ? (@aral@mastodon.ar.al) (@aral) October 24, 2020

RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos

Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.https://t.co/S5ymmoS3gt pic.twitter.com/DVjdwyjrLP

— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) October 23, 2020

Who owns github if not Microsoft, one of the most copyright loving companies in the world. https://t.co/Hd0aE1PNzu

— Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (@brokep) October 24, 2020

Never thought I'd hear that name again! Feels like it's been over 10 years since one of the major subplots of the internet was them suing people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for up/down-loading a few songs (eg. https://t.co/pGKriF2Tzs) https://t.co/2yfoHyxXj4

— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) October 24, 2020

You can still download youtube-dl using PyPi so go do that now if you haven't yet https://t.co/3vP5C1iBW8 https://t.co/WBtdIqlApf

— Anjali (@anjalii_shrivas) October 23, 2020

As long as guns are allowed to be sold for lawful uses, all other tools should by extension not even be discussed as illegal. https://t.co/kb96Oy04j5

— Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (@brokep) October 24, 2020

The repo of YouTube-dl must be reinstated. Tools like these are *essential* in legit contexts that involve OSINT, including:

- journalism
- academic research
- law enforcement
- private investigations

The @RIAA's move shows a lack of understanding of tech & respect for others. https://t.co/DbNJMJkQ6C

— Matthijs R. Koot (@mrkoot) October 24, 2020

The RIAA will stop at no cost, in one generation or the next, to ensure that their restrictive idea of music rights is enforced to the highest degree, no matter how much technology they must stifle to make it possible https://t.co/4ByEPd3x3k

— Kaitlyn Molinas (@orcastraw) October 23, 2020

in case you missed it, GitHub has capitulated to a ridiculous request from the RIAA to remove the youtube-dl source, presumably leading to a whack-a-mole as they migrate? curious to see how pypi, ubuntu, homebrew all respond. https://t.co/c1WghwLyPU

— Kyle McDonald (@kcimc) October 23, 2020

The RIAA has been spinning up their DMCA takedown abuse machine again, targeting:

1) Videos on Twitter with fleeting/fair use instances of music in the background

2) Twitch VODs

3) GitHub projects, but AFAICT you can't do a § 512 takedown notice for an alleged § 1201 violation

— Karl (@supersat) October 23, 2020

This is a huge misstep. I've been using youtube-dl for years to play media using my local player when I've had issues playing the content online. This includes when I was a student to fetch lectures for watching without great internet connectivity. https://t.co/XIMuwb26rV

— nedwill (@NedWilliamson) October 24, 2020

youtube-dl was taken down by RIAA via DMCA. You know, the one that was archived here:https://t.co/VlbqjXxcpE
and is still live here:https://t.co/OtmtlBjCIj
with hash e0ece0221b389c8054cb86661d8f9fb7408d8f4dbc17cc413715dd61ad825133 just in case you wanted to check it for malware

— scriptjunkie (@scriptjunkie1) October 23, 2020

I am perplexed as to how the RIAA has any legitimate claim here. https://t.co/Mlm64hUBIL

— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) October 23, 2020

I think it's worth understanding the difference between why a platform like Github would take things down under a “normal” DMCA takedown notice and under the RIAA letter over youtube-dl.

— Parker Higgins (@xor) October 23, 2020

Holy cow, the RIAA has gotten youtube-dl taken off Github. DMCA notice: https://t.co/V50S6H6Evk

— Parker Higgins (@xor) October 23, 2020

The strongest argument seems to be the fact that examples of usage in the documentation included copyright protected songs from major recording artists.

Time to redo all the examples with Big Buck Bunny videos or something. https://t.co/LG7b76Z7o1

— Dylan Reeve (@DylanReeve) October 23, 2020

Fuck this shit youtube-dl is one of my favorite archiving tools out there https://t.co/RlW9Zn8rmq

— LEFT?GHOST?FRIGHT?WATCH (@LCRWnews) October 23, 2020

Get your privately hosted git servers ready, fellow wrongthinkers https://t.co/sE0MhA9aWy

— Jeff Vandroux ? ? ? ? ? ? (@vandrewattycpa) October 23, 2020

Important to remember that the responsibility for the decision to comply rests with Microsoft, which owns Github.

Microsoft has been an enthusiastic member of the Copyright Cartel for a long, long time. https://t.co/RyEIf0BwzA

— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) October 23, 2020

I'm so fucking sick of the DMCA https://t.co/kyYm0UTLKZ

— Matt Lech (@MattLech) October 23, 2020

I use YouTube-dl for so many things, from sharing videos from twitter and Reddit to WhatsApp to converting YouTube talks to audio (although luckily, now @CastroPodcasts can do that) . I Can’t believe this happened. https://t.co/r2raUZcLC9

— Mustapha Hamoui (@Beirutspring) October 24, 2020

So, besides the obvious "RIAA is doing stupid stuff again", and the less obvious "github opted for the easy way out, gave the giant what he wanted, screw the little guy"...

They didn't just take down youtube-dl, but every of its forks. Without notice, silently, I lost mine. https://t.co/ljAdg3X2C6

— Marcos Marado (@mind_booster) October 23, 2020

GitHub, welcome home develo-no not that the corporations don't want that https://t.co/zLy8etxBTS

— Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami) October 23, 2020

Youtube-DL is no longer available on GitHub because @RIAA filed a takedown request. Fuck the music industry. https://t.co/Rb3GOfaIUD

— Corbin Davenport (@corbindavenport) October 23, 2020

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a DMCA with Github to have youtube-dl deleted.

It is an excellent utility that can be used for archiving YouTube and many other platforms.

The chilling effect would be devastating.https://t.co/BcrVWwmrzL

— ?? ישוע ?? (@Job4_2) October 23, 2020

Do I know anyone at @Github? This is bullshit. We’ve used youtube-dl before for a project archiving activist videos about BLM/police brutality.

What’s next? Banning cURL? https://t.co/DEY8m2qVFs

— Thomas Spooks #BLM (@thomasfuchs) October 24, 2020

This is insane. Now the increasingly irrelevant music industry is removing code from the internet that I use to download videos for fair use purposes in my educational videos.

This whole system is so incredibly broken.https://t.co/JhpzHvHK0A

— GreenEggsnHam (@HamEggsnSam) October 24, 2020

Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https://t.co/VUbTokd4cP

— EFF (@EFF) October 23, 2020

Completely unsurprised that the RIAA would make silly requests like this. https://t.co/uqjE2OMyBr

— Stefano Zanero (@raistolo) October 24, 2020

So RIAA just took down youtube-dl... what's next?https://t.co/DyzxHPXMoz

— Danct12 (@RealDanct12) October 23, 2020

"Maybe the creators of Whack-a-Mole will sue the RIAA for infringement on their unique IP."https://t.co/usKpRjOD8p

— Joe Ressington (@JoeRessington) October 24, 2020

RIAA(미국음반산업협회), youtube-dl이 불법 다운로드에 이용될 수 있다는 이유로 Github 게시 정지 요청 제출해. 이에 따라 Github는 원본 포함해 수십 개의 리포지토리 삭제. https://t.co/osUdhqkyaK

— 나가토 유키 (@nagato708) October 23, 2020

YouTube-dl removed from GitHub after RIAA DMCA notice https://t.co/w2xkjbyVAh

— Nicolas Krassas (@Dinosn) October 24, 2020

Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https://t.co/VUbTokd4cP

— EFF (@EFF) October 23, 2020

OpenSource project YouTube-dl, which used to download videos from youtube or other video platforms on Linux and Unix system has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA https://t.co/FFN1sBbRuX

— The Best Linux Blog In the Unixverse (@nixcraft) October 24, 2020

Github removed YouTube-dl repositories and forks today after received a DMCA takedown from RIAA.https://t.co/J7u1G5oLt7https://t.co/OS4orgC0DQ
Dgit fixes this.

— Dgit (@dgitSH) October 24, 2020

At the request of the recording industry, GitHub has removed public access to the youtube-dl repository, an incredibly useful open source tool for downloading local copies of videos from YouTube and other sites. Here's RIAA's takedown notice https://t.co/z2fsEIYTjD pic.twitter.com/LNOz89BZUI

— Micah Lee (@micahflee) October 23, 2020

This isn’t really a DMCA request. I don’t see an assertion that youtube-dl is an infringing work. Rather the claim is that it’s illegal per se https://t.co/vQ16nVleCf

— John Bergmayer (@bergmayer) October 23, 2020

#Cybersecurity #InfoSec dmca/2020-10-23-RIAA.md at master · github/dmca · GitHub https://t.co/8V0SqfmeQ2, see more https://t.co/89yi9eBYhl

— sritak@home ?? (@SritaKaren) October 24, 2020

They are tightening the noose. Yesterday, the RIAA sent a DMCA 1201 takedown notice to @Github demanding the removal of #youtubedl, a venerable and popular tool for format-shifting Youtube videos. https://t.co/ej679RWh6G

16/

— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) October 24, 2020

youtube-dl がアメリカレコード協会から DMCA テイクダウンされた模様。 / “dmca/2020-10-23-RIAA.md at master · github/dmca · GitHub” https://t.co/3P1w8H9WIQ

— mattn (@mattn_jp) October 24, 2020

youtube-dl is now illegal – please delete immediatelyhttps://t.co/6w71jmiI9r

— Bad Packets (@bad_packets) October 23, 2020

GitHub has complied with the takedown request. This is unacceptable. Stop using Github and stop using servers hosted in countries with unacceptable copyright laws.https://t.co/rj5M2jDU7n

— Carlos Fenollosa (@cfenollosa) October 23, 2020

RIAA Takes Down Popular Open Source YouTube-DL Software https://t.co/cLDOXUrNYt

— TF (@torrentfreak) October 24, 2020

This is wrong ! https://t.co/Mzx3b2bw0B

— Dutch Osint Guy Nico (@dutch_osintguy) October 24, 2020

Wait… since web browsers are also able to stream & download media files like YouTube vids, I have to ask how long it will take until Chrome, Firefox, and the rest will vanish due to some takedown notice from the Recording Industry Association of America.https://t.co/RrX3tkpH2F

— e-sushi ? (@originalesushi) October 24, 2020

The RIAA strikes again. The joke that keeps on stealing.https://t.co/NRcYY9d8SB

— Anonymous? (@YourAnonNews) October 24, 2020

Didn't realize it was this popular. Oh - and

pip install -U youtube-dl https://t.co/lEbCiNQWZC

— Karthik Kumar Viswanathan (@_vkaku) October 24, 2020

マジかhttps://t.co/pfokYqahLd

— Misoni (@MISONLN41) October 24, 2020

動画サイトから動画をダウンロードするソフトウェアとして最大手のyoutube-dlのGitHubがRIAAのDMCA takedown noticeにより検閲された。https://t.co/umxsHjsES4

— Ryou Ezoe(江添 亮) (@EzoeRyou) October 23, 2020

Yes, that will stop people downloading videos. The RIAA has finally won, just like they won with Napster and everyone stopped file sharing.

https://t.co/aheLXP5Bvo

— Soldier of SPOOKTRAN - M?INFR?MES (@mainframed767) October 24, 2020

Awww, the RIAA is back, providing their public service of telling people about ways to pirate content they would otherwise never have heard of. The 90s are back! https://t.co/wN9bvHC16O

— Laurie Voss (@seldo) October 24, 2020

Fucking what?!? https://t.co/6fwb0iJWfa

— uǝsuǝſ ɹǝɐſꓘ sᴉuuǝꓷ (@signoutdk) October 24, 2020

So this happened: youtube-dl, an open-source tool for downloading YouTube videos, got blocked on Github under request from RIAA, since they say it violates copyright rules. https://t.co/I5L1021K6B

— Antonio Mele (@antoniomele101) October 24, 2020

People like RMS and others warned all of us about something like this happening.#GitHub takes down all repos of #youtube-dl because they can.

A lot of #opensource communities have or are planning to move to #github. https://t.co/JCCYZ52tFA

— Akash - Founder - Kloudle Kubernetes Security SaaS (@makash) October 24, 2020

Just in case you didn't know that's possible to download Youtube (and from other video hosting services) video, once youtube-dl source reappears somewhere you should get it, it's great! https://t.co/vxeCq9AIXa

— Бранимир Караџић (@bkaradzic) October 23, 2020

Should microphones be banned because can ALSO record music played on radio?

"youtube-dl" with specific support for archiving from thousands sites https://t.co/gjlkJTyp9z and generic for countless, sabotaged by @RIAA because they say it's all about them.https://t.co/LXlL3H0Gck

— b9AcE ? (@b9AcE) October 24, 2020

DMCAテイクダウンポリシー発動
アメリカレコード協会が怒ったぞhttps://t.co/Ui7YJeFM3t
その界隈では話題

— jp (@yzjps) October 25, 2020

This is an important read. #downloadTHISweb https://t.co/5lp1GCDRDG

— J OWL Farand (@OwlsAsylum) October 24, 2020

The RIAA is coming for the YouTube downloaders https://t.co/9bg9aP0i8d (TechCrunch)

— Hikosaemon (@hikosaemon) October 24, 2020

Bummer. youtube-dl received a DMCA takedown notice from the RIAA yesterday.

Many folks are already making publicly-available copies of it to defy the RIAA. #Python #programming #OpenSourcehttps://t.co/OhOg5eTFe4 pic.twitter.com/LmYqLR5igM

— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) October 24, 2020

アメリカレコード協会が怒った
DMCAテイクダウンポリシー申請

Copyright Violations.
We have learned that your service is hosting the youtube-dl source code on its network at the following locations, among others:https://t.co/ytqBaVFwYz
現在20程

yourは買収したマイクロソフトさんです

— jp (@yzjps) October 25, 2020

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a DMCA with Github to have youtube-dl deleted.

It is an excellent utility that can be used for archiving YouTube and many other platforms.

The chilling effect would be devastating.https://t.co/BcrVWwmrzL

— ?? ישוע ?? (@Job4_2) October 23, 2020

Copyright law must be revamped to strip an author's ability to use it to control the manner in which a work is consumed and enjoyed.https://t.co/ZelLatmagL

— Datashed Retrocomputing (@datashed) October 24, 2020

Read this.https://t.co/BypV4DuX6B

— Khizar Iqbal (@EngrKhizarIqbal) October 25, 2020

youtube-dl is a valuable tool that does far more than grab YouTube videos. I’ve used it for years to gather fair-use clips from across the web for my course materials. https://t.co/B17dHxRPIP

— Josh Braun (@josh_braun) October 24, 2020

youtube-dl for RIAA DMCA complaint. Everyone who has the source code, back it up. looks like their mistake was docs referred to copyright videos. Hoping for *ten* new github projects tomorrow that correct the doc mistake: https://t.co/CtnJjdvSjb . copying is not theft

— mike bayer (@zzzeek) October 24, 2020

Note on the #youtubedl DMCA takedown this night.

In a very unusual turn RIAA justifies the takedown request with EU/German law and claim US analogy to EU rules. https://t.co/SJPJCyY3yS

— codeberg.org (@codeberg_org) October 23, 2020

.@RIAA

Dear Sir or Madam:

Kindly go fuck yourself.

Sincerely,https://t.co/Weul93tOXm

— Thomas Duboucher (@Serianox_) October 23, 2020

Very damaging move from @RIAA here : we do use Youtube-dl a lot and for legitimate uses: @TEDTalks, MOOCs from @phzuerich that benefit refugees, and tons of educational content under free licenses that need to reach people without internet access. https://t.co/CCCVQOnSrA

— Kiwix (@KiwixOffline) October 24, 2020

RIAAがGitHubに訴えたメールに一件だけgithubのアドレスがprivateとして消されているものがあるけど、非常に気になる。何だこれhttps://t.co/SXC3s2cc1O

RIAA側の情報は全部、privateで消されている :-)

— 高梨陣平 (@jingbay) October 24, 2020