DaTingGoBrrr comments on YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI

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[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 week ago (19 children)

In Sweden you are allowed to make copies for private useage. I can record and save whatever piece of media I want, as long as I don't distribute it to other people and the material itself is not illegal (abuse material for example).

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[+] patatahooligan@lemmy.world -14 points 1 week ago (18 children)

The problem in cases like this is not the copying, but the ability to bypass DRM. Creating and distributing tools that can do that is illegal in the US due to the DMCA. I think there are similar laws in the EU but I'm not sure.

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[+] hogmomma@lemmy.world -7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

You're going to get downvoted because pirates, by and large, feel entitled to other people's labor for free. I've been pirating for two+ decades and I'm fully aware that what I'm doing is wrong. It'd be great if people could stop trying to justify their actions.

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[–] BrownSugarBits@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Its actually the capitalist class that feels entitled to other people labor for "free", or grossly underpaid

Their labor was already exploited before it became a product for you to download