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0 pointsneuronflux5y ago0 comments

Assuming the content is public, why would they need a subpoena?

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you mean "because they could just use youtube-dl to download it?" I think that's why we are arguing that ytdl is a tool with legal and moral purposes and should remain accessible.

echelon5y ago

Is availability on a locked, walled garden "public"?

I think we can tell what the RIAA thinks about that.

JAlexoid5y ago

RIAA doesn't dispute that it's public.

Being public doesn't mean publicly owned. It means publicly accessible... Like your local shopping mall.

cheeze5y ago

Because the RIAA has shown that this specific tool can't be 'public'.

If we have to play by those rules, LEO should too. Boo hoo if it's harder.

bonoboTP5y ago

> RIAA has shown

They haven't shown anything. They made a claim. We'll know what rules we have to play by if it comes to a court ruling.

cheeze5y ago

I mean, GitHub took it down, no?

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efreak5y ago

The RIAA isn't part of the government.

feanaro5y ago

What if this tool remains public in a different part of the world? Are you going to wall off from the rest of the world so you can no longer see the tool and pretend it doesn't exist?

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chordalkeyboard5y ago

you mean "because they could just use youtube-dl to download it?" I think that's why we are arguing that ytdl is a tool with legal and moral purposes and should remain accessible.

echelon5y ago

Is availability on a locked, walled garden "public"?

I think we can tell what the RIAA thinks about that.

JAlexoid5y ago

RIAA doesn't dispute that it's public.

Being public doesn't mean publicly owned. It means publicly accessible... Like your local shopping mall.

cheeze5y ago

Because the RIAA has shown that this specific tool can't be 'public'.

If we have to play by those rules, LEO should too. Boo hoo if it's harder.

bonoboTP5y ago

> RIAA has shown

They haven't shown anything. They made a claim. We'll know what rules we have to play by if it comes to a court ruling.

cheeze5y ago

I mean, GitHub took it down, no?

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efreak5y ago

The RIAA isn't part of the government.

feanaro5y ago

What if this tool remains public in a different part of the world? Are you going to wall off from the rest of the world so you can no longer see the tool and pretend it doesn't exist?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse