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==About==
On October 23, 2020, the {{l/htyp|Git}} repository-hosting web site [[GitHub]] received a copyright takedown request from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), citing the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] but not claiming a violation thereof, for its hosting of [[youtube-dl]] (YTDL) (for which several repositories were given).

This has not prevented YTDL from operating or being installed, and has only served to hinder work on it as an open-source project.

Preliminary indications are that the YTDL project does not in fact violate the DMCA.
==Links==
===Official===
* GitHub: [https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md dmca/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md]
===Discussion===
* '''2020-10-25''' [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24888234 The RIAA’s attack on YouTube-dl is not a DMCA 512 infringement] ([[Hacker News]] [https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105101389446877448 via])
* '''2020-10-23'''
** '''17:58''' [https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105086339153761339 dredmorbius@toot.cat]: numerous links to further discussion
** '''19:50''' [https://mastodon.social/@eff/105086779663199579 eff@mastodon.social] ([[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]) "Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA."
** '''20:37''' [https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105086966444520316 dredmorbius@toot.cat]: discussion of legal status; related links
===News (to file)===
* '''2020-10-24''' [https://news.perthchat.org/youtube-dl-removed-from-github/ YouTube-DL Removed From GitHub After DMCA Notice] ([https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105097631844724304 via]): interview with former YTDL maintainer Philipp Hagemeister