The topic of #piracy is complex

How do we reward #artists, but not predatory #media corps?

But even the most diehard anti-piracy opinions out there can get behind this:

If you must watch the new #HarryPotter adaptation, which I will not link to nor describe where it is:

#Pirate it

If you don't, you are funding a vile #TERF in #JKRowling who will use that money to harm #trans people

Everyone else can watch #SNL:

https://youtu.be/y2JJ2bjnUcI

#transmisia #transphobia #transRights #LGBT #LGBTQIA

Weekend Update: Dobby The House Elf on J.K. Rowling - SNL

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@benroyce Counterpoint: no, everyone else CAN’T watch SNL on YouTube. #irony

@tantramar Awful that NBC/SNL blocks Canada from their videos. I wonder if that is a deal between Global and NBC/SNL?

@benroyce

@paul @tantramar

Chris, Paul, Conny:

i got you:

credit: https://www.youtube.com/@SaturdayNightLive

@benroyce Thanks. I'm not blocked. I can get it. I normally use a script to grab a list of videos, or even playlists of videos on Youtube I want to watch and bypass Youtube apps and UI altogether with yt-dlp. Press an icon shortcut to my script and up pops a box where I put the url of the video or playlist and wait a moment and it's down, wait another moment and it is in a "junk" library on Jellyfin, ready to watch on any of my tvs, devices, etc. ...Bypasses all those ads, trackers, nags, etc.
@tantramar
@paul @tantramar and yt-dlp made the post above possible 😁 but i just pretty much use for posting to mastodon, you're on another level

@benroyce FYI, it works on so many other video websites, too, great for so-called dvr'ing streaming tv and movies... ;) https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md

It's broken on Pluto, which was great for movies but still works for Tubi and many others. There are several yt-dlp gui downloaders, also, so you can easily pick the size of a video you want. Here's one that is on an old computer I use https://github.com/Kannagi0303/yt-dlp-gui

@tantramar

@paul @tantramar

👀

does it work with like. twitter, instagram, tiktok, reddit, etc?

@benroyce I fixed the broken link. Yes, it works on any website yt-dlp already works on. It is just a front end. You still have to have yt-dlp setup already. I don't use IG or TikTok but it is on the list.

@tantramar

@benroyce Here's a reddit video, back to your Harry Potter theme