Re: [gentoo-user] youtube-dl and the conf file.

[Ashley Dixon]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 07:21:32AM +0100, Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 at 02:35, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Is that because RIAA made them remove something or have I found a whole
> > new problem?  o-O
>
> This is because of RIAA indeed. The repo is no longer available on
> github, so if you wanted to update from your last merge from july (if
> I read your previous message correctly), you would need to download a
> release from somewhere else. There are plenty of clones elsewhere on
> github so it shouldn't be a problem really, but you'd need to create
> your own ebuild.

See also, for anyone interested in the legal aspects of this "notice":  [1,  2].

The action by the R.I.A.A.  is dubious to  say  the  least,  but  GitHub  cannot
determine the validity of the claim as they are not a court.  Until this  matter
is decided through the proper legal channels, GitHub have no (wise)  option  but
to  comply.   However,  as  Arve  correctly  states,  this  doesn't  effect  the
distribution of YouTube-DL in any realistic capacity due to  the  prevalence  of
on-line mirrors.

The lack of knowledge of the open-source model possessed by these sort of  large
assets-management companies remains as astounding and entertaining as  ever.   I
often wonder whether their business consists of anything other than invoking the
Streisand effect.

[1] https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/57421
[2] https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md

Dale: I have received your e-mail and video. Will reply shortly. Fiddled with my
telephone a bit too much and had to buy (and learn to  use)  a  vintage  tension
gauge to correctly rewind the impulse spring in the dial.  My local exchange did
not take kindly to a telephone sending ten pulses in a tenth of a second.   LOL.

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Ashley Dixon
suugaku.co.uk

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