Github shopper in programmet och projektet YouTube-dl igen efter det att hela projektet med program och källkod stängts ute nyligen.
Det var Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) som framört krav om att hela projektet skulle stängas ned av Github den 23 oktober. Kort därefter stängdes hela projektet ned.
Den amerikanska rättighetsorganisationen hävdade att programmet kringgick kopieringsskydd vilket i efterhand visat sig inte vara korrekt.
Today, GitHub shared more info regarding why YouTube-dl was kicked off the platform and about why GitHub handled this situation the way it did.
”Our actions were driven by processes required to comply with laws like the DMCA that put platforms like GitHub and developers in a difficult spot,” GitHub’s Director of Platform Policy Abby Vollmer said.
”And our reinstatement, based on new information that showed the project was not circumventing a technical protection measure (TPM), was inline with our values of putting developers first.”
GitHub says that YouTube-dl’s takedown was caused by RIAA’s allegation that the code was designed to bypass TPMs controlling access or copying of copyrighted material, in direct violation of Section 1201 of the DMCA.
However, the company says that Section 1201 making the use of TPM circumvention illegal even it doesn’t infringe copyright is dated and, in some cases like YouTube-dl’s, takedown can be avoided by working with the developers to fix problems.
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