That said, the legality of YouTube download tools is not impacted directly by the public commentary. The backing from GitHub is particularly notable, as the company is owned by Microsoft, which in its own right is one of the largest copyright holders in the world. These comments, which are only a tiny selection of the broader message, are a potential game-changer. GitHub also stressed that youtube-dl is a “ socially beneficial tool” which can help researchers, journalists, and the public at large.
“Youtube-dl is a lot like the videocassette recorders of decades past: a flexible tool for saving personal copies of video that’s already accessible to the public,” the digital rights group wrote in a recent post on the topic. ‘YouTube Downloading Tools are Not Illegal’īoth GitHub and the EFF have made it very clear that YouTube downloading tools are not by definition illegal. While the RIAA liked the message that was sent by the removal, they perhaps didn’t foresee that a refusal to take down the same code would be much worse. In isolation, the youtube-dl code is a relatively small problem for the music industry. But the decision and the reasoning behind it are much, much bigger than that. This was great news for the developers, users, and many stream-ripping sites that rely on the tool. No further.Īfter some modifications, youtube-dl’s repository was reinstated. The opposition reached new heights this week when GitHub and EFF drew a clear line in the sand. It immediately triggered outrage among developers and the public at large.
The last move was a step too far for many. They’ve sued several YouTube download sites, removed streamripper URLs from search engines, and most recently they targeted the open-source tool youtube-dl as well.
The RIAA and several key music labels are doing everything in their power to counter this menace. Downloading music from public streaming services, YouTube in particular, is the greatest piracy threat to the industry.
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