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andrewmd5
on Oct 23, 2020
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YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
When the RIAA sued me for operating Aurous a few years ago they nailed me for exactly this. Using copyrighted album art and song names to advertise my FOSS meant to stream music from sources like YouTube didn't exactly win me any points in court.
zucker42
on Oct 24, 2020
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Are the case's files on Recap and are you willing to share the name/results of the case?
Edit: I've googled and found relevant articles. I didn't realize how high profile this was.
15155
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