+1 bill-auger <[email protected]> writes:
> i should add that i have heard there are some archive.org enthusiasts > working on a script to automatically fetch "CC" licensed videos from > youtube and upload them to archive.org - that to me, has the form of an > actual solution - but mostly what i see is everyone bending over > backward to preserve their reliance on this 3rd-party commercial service > - if only half the attention were given to moving to freely licensed > video to the archive then the FOSS community could simply forget about > youtube-dl, avideo, minitube and the like - such tools are bandage-patch > solutions at best; but worse, they facilitate the downloading of videos > that are not licensed for downloading > > if all freely licensed video could be easily transfered from youtube to > archive.org then the only motivation for end-users to continue using > youtube-dl, avideo, minitube and the like would be to violate copyrights > - and to be clear, this entire fuss is only over some unlicensed > javascript that youtube serves - so personally i would find it quite > hypocritical to be so offended by running a bit of unlicensed javascript > (with the permission of the publisher - btw) while the primary activity > is downloading copyrighted videos without the permission of the publisher > > i would hope that folks would keep this in mind when reading the massive > amount of discussion that surrounds the use of these tools and realize > that ANY real solution will necessarily entail NOT using proprietary > services that hide their valued content behind a wall of javascript - > anything less only encourages reliance on 3rd-party proprietary services > and this should really not even be suggested on this list > >
