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youtube-dl
Original author(s)Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez
Initial releaseAugust 8, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-08-08)
Stable release
v2020.11.12 / (November 12, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-11-12))
Repositorygithub.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Written inPython
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
TypeStream recorder
LicenseUnlicense
Websiteyoutube-dl.org

youtube-dl is an open-source software project that downloads video and audio primarily from YouTube, but also supports other websites.[1] It uses the Unlicense software license.

As of October 2020 the project was one of the most starred projects on GitHub, with over 72,000 stars.[2] The project also had 78 dependent packages and 1.43k dependent repositories according to libraries.io.[3]

History

youtube-dl was created in 2006 by Ricardo Garcia.[4] Initially, only YouTube was supported, but as the project grew, it began supporting other video sharing websites.[5] Ricardo Garcia stepped down as maintainer in 2011 and was replaced with phihag, who later stepped down and was replaced with dstftw.[6]

RIAA takedown request

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On October 23, 2020, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a takedown notice to GitHub under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requested the removal of youtube-dl and forks of the project. The RIAA request argued that youtube-dl violates the Section 1201 anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, and provisions of German copyright law, since it circumvents a "rolling cipher" used by YouTube to generate the URL for the video file itself (which the RIAA has considered to be an effective technical protection measure, since it is "intended to inhibit direct access to the underlying YouTube video files, thereby preventing or inhibiting the downloading, copying, or distribution of the video files"),[7][8][9] and that its documentation expressly encouraged its use with copyrighted media by listing music videos by RIAA-represented artists as examples. GitHub complied with the request.[10][11][12]

The action has faced criticism, noting that there are legitimate uses for the application beyond ripping music, such as downloading video content needed to utilize one's right to fair use (such as for archival and news reporting purposes), or content expressly permitted for reuse under open licensing schemes.[13][2][14]

Shortly afterwards, many users revolted by reposting the software's source code across the internet, including encoding it into different formats including steganographic images on Twitter, in an example of the Streisand effect reminiscent of DeCSS.[15] Copies of the code were also added to GitHub's own repository of DMCA takedown notices.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Debian -- Details of package youtube-dl in sid". packages.debian.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. ^ a b Cimpanu, Catalin. "RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. ^ "youtube_dl on Pypi". Libraries.io. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  4. ^ Garcia, Ricardo (August 8, 2006). "Release 2006.08.08". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Supported sites". youtube-dl. GitHub. 2019. Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  6. ^ Garcia, Ricardo. "It's very nice to see a project I started reach the front page of HN". Hacker News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. ^ Plaugic, Lizzie (2016-09-27). "Record labels sue popular YouTube audio-ripping site". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  8. ^ Masnick, Mike. "Can Someone Explain To The RIAA That SOPA Didn't Actually Pass?". Techdirt. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  9. ^ "RIAA Delists YouTube Rippers From Google Using Rare Anti-Circumvention Notices". TorrentFreak. 2019-11-09. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  10. ^ "dmca/2020-10-23-RIAA.md at master · github/dmca". GitHub. 2020-10-23. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-23. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2020-10-24 suggested (help)
  11. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  12. ^ Cushing, Tim (2020-10-26). "RIAA Tosses Bogus Claim At Github To Get Video Downloading Software Removed". Techdirt. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  13. ^ Cox, Kate (2020-10-26). "GitHub boots popular YouTube download tool after RIAA claim". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  14. ^ Higgins, Parker (2020-10-26). "Music industry forces widely used journalist tool offline". Freedom of the Press Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ a b "RIAA's YouTube-DL Takedown Ticks Off Developers and GitHub's CEO". Torrentfreak. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  16. ^ Mehta, Ivan (2020-10-27). "GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies". The Next Web. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
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