[waon]

Did you actually read the README, or are you just spreading rumors? Because I did and have no idea what you're talking about. BTW the README can be found at https://gitlab.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl if anyone wants to see for themselves.

As for the test cases, this is what the article has to say about it:

> they are automated test cases where the test just downloads the first 10KB, which amounts to a couple of seconds at most. This is certainly fair use, but the project is fully functional without these test cases.

So what part of this article are you agreeing with? I doubt we read the same article.

[chpatrick]

It was actually in the source code, still pretty stupid IMO: https://github.com/l1ving/youtube-dl/commit/c438ea87e4db650f...

[waon]

The test cases only downloads the first 10KB for automated testing, as was mentioned beyond the first sentence of my original comment.

[ThrustVectoring]

Links to copyrighted content is non-infringing. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_10,_Inc._v._Amazon.com....

[talentedcoin]

I guess we’ll find out when the case goes through won’t we? From the takedown notice:

We note that the source code is described on GitHub as “a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites.”1

We also note that the source code prominently includes as sample uses of the source code the downloading of copies of our members’ copyrighted sound recordings and music videos, as noted in Exhibit A hereto.