▲ 544 ▼ YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI (itsfoss.com) submitted 1 day ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day 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 -9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 6 points 1 day ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day 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 day ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] REDACTED@infosec.pub -9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 6 points 1 day ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day 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 day ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago Tons of science and education content does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 day 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 day ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ourselves@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago How is skipping ads a form of theft? permalink fedilink source parent