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Using a copyrighted music track as the example in the README is really stupid or just shows a total lack of respect for copyright.


FWIW, they did not. This was misinformation from me, misreading the DMCA. I am not glad that my misunderstanding will now spread far and wide, but I at least caught it within the edit window.

The DMCA is complaining about test cases. See extractor/youtube.py in your local copy.


Copyright law is illegitimate and should not be respected.

The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States.


"The stupid thing is hosting youtube-dl in the Untied States. "

It's not like a million people don't have youtube-dl's source code.

It can be hosted anywhere in the world in a heartbeat, and by now probably has been a thousand times over.




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