On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 09:16:21AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > IANAL so I may be confused, but AIUI that takedown is based on the > notion that there is no legitimate use for youtube-dl, which is > nonsense, as this comment clealy demonstrates: > > "youtube-dl is pretty much the only thing that makes use of CC > licenses on YouTube meaningful at all, btw."
Obligatory: IANAL, and I am not a DM (although that's on my todo list). Phil, the takedown is based on it having unit tests with some videos that definitely aren't under a CC license. You ought to at least read the takedown notice itself before accusing its authors of being moronic. > we're very clearly not making a cent out of publishing this stuff, DSFG 1 (Free Distribution) and 6 (Fields of Endeavor), although the image that really comes to mind is that of Richard Stallman animatedly advocating the Four Freedoms. Steve