Re: Heat Death of the Internet

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, Rich wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

You were probably using a distro-packaged version or the old one on
their website. Newer executables built from the development code
are available here:
https://github.com/ytdl-patched/youtube-dl/releases/
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Or to download the latest one directly:
https://github.com/ytdl-patched/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl

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And of course after saying that, it's not working for me today.
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Try yt-dlp, worked great for me yesterday! ;)
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Jokes aside, it is probably just some change from youtube, so do an update
and it usually starts to work again.

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It is.  Youtube is constatantly making "changes", presumably to try to
break downloaders and the like in an attempt to prop up their ad
revenue.
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This is the truth! I find it hilarious that youtube is allowed to have
loads of copyrighted material on it, and no one even blinks.

Well, supposedly youtube processes tons of DMCA requests per day, but
that process is largely "whack-a-mole" like, so lots of stuff remains
for a while until the Mafia notices it and files a takedown.  They also
have their internal "content-id" system that scans and takes down
stuff (although it is blamed for many more improper takedowns than
proper ones).

At the same time, an army division's worth of lawyers can provide a lot
of incentive to the policing types to "tread lightly".

But should a new torrent site pop up, that does not even hold the
data, the police are all over the place.

That's largely due to the lack of an army division's worth of lawyers
on staff at the new torrent site, combined with the Mafia's view of
"torrent===piracy in all cases".

But different laws for different people and organizations, that is the
rule nowadays.

It's more "different enforcement levels based upon how much pushback
the entity in the cross-hairs can produce" and such level of pushback is
often directly correlated with "how much money that entity can bring to
the lawyers".