‘youtube-dl’ downloading software removed from GitHub by RIAA takedown notice
Found on 9 to 5 Google on Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Like many things in life, there are legal and illegal ways of using youtube-dl, especially as YouTube has grown its paid music subscription service. On Friday afternoon, the RIAA issued a DMCA — Digital Millennium Copyright Act — takedown notice to GitHub requesting that the site remove the open source code of youtube-dl and all associated mirrors.
Good luck trying to kill youtube-dl. It's been downloaded and shared so many times that it will pop up everywhere. Say hello to Streisand, RIAA.