GitHub Removed Source Codes of YouTube-DL

Today's largest video sharing platform YouTubeIt contains more than millions of videos. Among these videos, we have seen some of our favorite videos or tracks before. YouTube-DL We could download it to our devices using a tool called . However, the source codes of this tool are no longer available become unusable came.

YouTube-DL download tool, whose source codes can be found on the GitHub platform owned by Microsoft All copies on GitHub removed. When the page containing the source codes is reached, users will be presented with 'DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) The repository cannot be accessed due to removal by' error appears.

It was complained by the RIAA:

The person who made the legal declaration to the source codes of the YouTube-DL tool RIAA, well It was the Recording Industry Association of America. However, this request made by RIAA and the response it received were not correct at all, according to some users. Public Knowledge's Legal Director John Bergmayershared a statement on Twitter.

John Bergmayer said in his statement that Not exactly a DMCA notification. he said. In the letter shared by the RIAA, YouTube-DL violates US copyright law. violated Section 1201 It was stated. The Union states that this tool clearly 'Bypassing technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTubeHe claimed that it was used for.

In addition, the RIAA states that the vehicle 'Music videos and sound recordings owned by the RIAA's member companies may not be permitted for such use. without authority reproduce and distributeHe also stated in his letter that it was used as follows. Following the RIAA's move, reactions began to come from YouTube-DL's users.

YouTube-DL users note that not everyone who uses the tool uses it for pirated purposes, some people backup your own content for, some of them can be removed videos to archive He said he used it for . It is currently unknown whether YouTube-DL will come back.