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jedimastert on Nov 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: YouTube-dl's repository has been restored

> This makes it especially obvious that the RIAA's problem with youtube-dl was never really the tests.

Or that the RIAA lawyers are technically oblivious

scaramanga on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

Or that they simply don't care about the specific infringement, rather they are just trying to chill the free-speech rights of software developers and fight a culture war on all fronts to expand the rights, privileges, power, and wealth of their clients.

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