Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading websites.
  • smileyhead@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Company happly sends media to my computer when requested.

    Company angry my computer do what I want with the media it got.

  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    They describe the tool as an application that retrieves content by parsing web page data and interacting with platform playback endpoints, with GitHub serving as the primary delivery method for its source code, pre-compiled binaries, and installation instructions.

    Omg, web browsers will be next!

  • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    In Sweden you are allowed to make copies for private useage. I can record and save whatever piece of media I want, as long as I don’t distribute it to other people and the material itself is not illegal (abuse material for example).

    • patatahooligan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      The problem in cases like this is not the copying, but the ability to bypass DRM. Creating and distributing tools that can do that is illegal in the US due to the DMCA. I think there are similar laws in the EU but I’m not sure.

      • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Bypassing copy protection is not a crime in my country. The DMCA is a joke here and TPB creators knew it. Unfortunately the media companies used their threats of sanction on Sweden if they were not persecuted. Straight up maffia tactics.

        Edit: TPB wasn’t really relevant to copy protection but I brought it up because of DMCA. TPB never hosted any copyrighted content and should not have been held liable.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 days ago

          I grew up in a town with a huge standing weekly flea market everyone knew about where everyone knew you were buying stolen stuff, fake IDs, bootlegs, etc. The way I finally convinced my family that TPB wasn’t illegal was by asking them if it was a crime to tell someone where the flea market was.