[nmglug] And it's back. [was: DMCA takedown of github page youtube-dl - Why?]

[Sam Noble]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 02:20:00PM -0700, Sam Noble wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 07:50:57PM -0700, Sam Noble wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 07:46:30PM -0700, LeRoy Diener wrote:
> > > Hi NMGLUG folks,
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know what's going on with this?'
> > 
> > https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/24/1201-v-dl-youtube/#1201
> 
> And now google joins the RIAA's party:
> https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md
> https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/

https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/
Brought again to our attention via https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/16/pill-mills/#yt-dl
Who hails this as the "best possible outcome" of which I'm still
somewhat skeptical.

Oh and here's the HN link for bkuhn's modest proposal post above:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25088961

-- 
sam