masterairmagicYoutube-dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
mo_ztt ✅“[T]he average user must recognize that YouTube content, unlike media content on other websites, cannot be downloaded with a simple right-click
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and must be aware that this is achieved using technology on YouTube
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and that youtube-dl ‘overrides’ this protection.
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It is therefore to be assumed that the average user acts in bad faith,” the Hamburg Court wrote.
If by “in bad faith,” you mean, “with mostly benevolent intent but sadly in contradiction to the impotent dictates of the bad-faith-est of bad-faith actors in the music creation community for the last fifty years,” then, accurate.
Dr CogSo because the average person is aware that it’s difficult to download off YouTube, that means any attempt to make it easier is “acting in bad faith”?
Is it “bad faith” to replace your phone’s battery because it requires some specialized tools? Is it “bad faith” to change the oil in your car instead of bringing it to a service center?
DarraignTheSane“Good faith” = corporations screwing you
“Bad faith” = you screwing corporations
There, I’ve simplified it.