▲ 574 ▼ YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI (itsfoss.com) submitted 1 month ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (4 children) I mean, yeah? Isn't that what we're all using it for? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] REDACTED@infosec.pub -8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children) Yes, but no one likes to think that. Read other comments, people seemingly think downloading or distributing copyrights-protected material (just like movies) is perfectly legal. There really isn't many videos on YouTube that uses public domain or creative commons. EDIT: The downvotes literally prove my point. Irony right here. And yes, while some educational content uses CC, it's by no means that common. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Lotta people seem to think its not theft of some sort to skip the payment part of the agreement (the ads) to consume their media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ourselves@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] REDACTED@infosec.pub -8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children) Yes, but no one likes to think that. Read other comments, people seemingly think downloading or distributing copyrights-protected material (just like movies) is perfectly legal. There really isn't many videos on YouTube that uses public domain or creative commons. EDIT: The downvotes literally prove my point. Irony right here. And yes, while some educational content uses CC, it's by no means that common. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Lotta people seem to think its not theft of some sort to skip the payment part of the agreement (the ads) to consume their media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ourselves@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Lotta people seem to think its not theft of some sort to skip the payment part of the agreement (the ads) to consume their media. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ourselves@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ourselves@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent