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title: "GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-took-down-popular-youtube-downloader-so-devs-made-more-copies-rijqhrkw4
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/dd/2020/10/27/github-took-down-youtube-dl-so-devs-made-more-copies/
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2020-10-27T07:42:25.435Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 16
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# GitHub took down popular YouTube downloader — so devs made more copies

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 16 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

GitHub took down the popular YouTube video downloader tool “YouTube-dl’ after the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. issued a DCMA takedown notice. RIAA argued that the YouTube-dl repository used technology violated section 1201 of copyright laws to obtain licensed content illegally. Developers and activists said the tool was meant to download videos from the government and other resources.

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