YouTube-dl Has Received a DMCA Takedown From The RIAA

Jahta writes: The github repository for the popular youtube-dl utility is offline after github received a DMCA takedown notice from the RIAA. The notice claims that "The clear purpose of this source code is to (i) circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube, and (ii) reproduce and distribute music videos and sound recordings owned by our member companies without authorization for such use."

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[thegreatbob]

I might never have ventured to use this piece of software were it not for Google doing everything in their power to prevent proper buffering of videos on bad internet connections... (DASH seems to be fairly reliable now, but was very much trash when it first showed up, and is pretty much the exclusive reason for which I've sought to download YouTube content)