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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI

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YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading websites.

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People have actually gone to prison for using the “view source” button in the web browser before. The RIAA mafia is deeply unserious.

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