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saagarjha on Oct 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

The Linux kernel does not have "youtube" in its name–it isn't advertised as a way to download videos.

pmoriarty on Oct 23, 2020 [–]

So if youtube-dl had a different name it'd be ok?

saagarjha on Oct 23, 2020 | [–]

I'm not a lawyer, and even if it was I could never tell you that anything would be "ok" in this kind of situation. But I suspect that it would be better off.

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