These ripping tools can be used to convert YouTube music videos into MP3s for example. This is seen as a major problem by the music industry, which has and is taking legal steps in response.
You used to be able to record radio or TV broadcasts with zero consequence. The DMCA, from it’s inception through to it’s implementation has caused nothing but problems if you aren’t a studio executive
Just remember. The laws aren’t broken. They’re functioning as intended.
If they could have fined or arrested people for recording cassettes off the radio they would have.
We have learned that a pretty significant number of the liberties that we enjoy only exist because it would be too much work to take them away.
We are seeing that will facial recognition and free speech and public assembly now.
This is trying to make downloading YouTube videos illegal.
Oh fuck off.
A site cannot send someone a video and then be mad that they still have it.
Reaction youtube is the lowest common denominator for stuff like this, but if this ruling succeeds, that will be a pretty big problem for the ecosystem as a whole.
Setting a precedent where it is punishable to show part of another video in your own without getting permission for it will make the platform far more restrictive, especially for content that offers valuable critique. Having to actually argue fair use for publicly available content is a step backwards for everyone, even if it means there will be less low-value content out there.
…So you don’t “rip” the video, you point your camera at the display and record the segment you want to use for commentary or critique, leaving a section of the display bezel in the shot so it is beyond reproach. If the use of a specific technology is the issue, go old school. A pain in the ass, definitely, but not a rip that can be sanctioned.
Even that could be considered a circumvention of the protections.
From a copyright stand point you’re allowed to use any clip you want, but they don’t allow you to have them.
It’s like the drugs laws here in Spain. It is legal to do whatever drugs you want inside your house, cops used to tell us that all the time, and possession in public spaces is not. How do I get those drugs into my house? Their answer was “I don’t know, that’s your problem”
Could be… but that would be a stretch, as the suit is aimed at the ripping apps. Mostly would fall under the Sony Betamax decision of “fair use” when it aplies to either “time shifting” or as in the case of the reaction videos - editorial commentary.
IMHO reaction videos should be illegal. Not because of the dmca but because they are annoying as f
I don’t mind the ones where a professional points out everything wrong with a show about their profession.
I am sure there are exceptions but from what I can tell about my limited time spent on YouTube there is far more things that are pointless regurgitating and content creation to have created content kinda videos out there. Ymmv
Replace “reaction videos” with “brown people” and you might understand why it’s a bad idea to outlaw annoyances
What? How can you compare people to reaction videos?
And that thin-veiled message about “brown people” being an annoyance. . . . are you doing this on purpose?
I’m fascinated by this huuuge strawman.
I think it really doesn’t matter if a reaction video used the youtube player or vlc with ytdl. If its transformative content its fine, if its a re-upload with a facecam in the corner then not. Technology isn’t the problem here.
Blame the popularity of reaction videos, because they’re dumb in general for ever existing.
