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Remove references to illegal content #5674

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Eonfge opened this issue Oct 24, 2020 · 4 comments
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Remove references to illegal content #5674

Eonfge opened this issue Oct 24, 2020 · 4 comments

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@Eonfge
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Eonfge commented Oct 24, 2020

In light of the recent removal of youtube-dl I implore you to review your own site, documentation and (test-)code for possible references to copyrighted work.

In the statement of the RIAA, they have one of the following arguments:

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. For example, as shown on Exhibit A, the source code expressly suggests its use to copy and/or distribute the following copyrighted works owned by our member companies:

  • Icona Pop – I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [Official Video], owned by Warner Music Group
  • Justin Timberlake – Tunnel Vision (Explicit), owned by Sony Music Group
  • Taylor Swift – Shake it Off, owned/exclusively licensed by Universal Music Group

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md

This is also the case with your screenshot material for example, which makes reverences to products like:

These screenshots should be replaced, and for certainty, you should check the rest of your documentation

@Eonfge Eonfge changed the title Legal review: Remove references to illegal content Remove references to illegal content Oct 24, 2020
@devos50 devos50 added this to the Backlog milestone Oct 24, 2020
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devos50 commented Oct 24, 2020

Thank you, we will look into this! 👍

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synctext commented Oct 24, 2020

Thnx for the help! Yes, as an alternative to Youtube, Spotify, and TikTok we don't want to get into legal trouble. Things are heating up... Swing it! from 2010 on Archive.org, this VODO content is OK to mention.
Screenshot from 2020-10-24 11-14-31
The "Deadside 2012" also is VODO Creative Commons content licence, also legit and OK to mention.
Please let us know if you find other mentions which might be questionable. We're looking out for stuff as well.

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synctext commented Oct 24, 2020

Vodo.net died, great example of reason for Tribler to exist. Their VODO Creative Commons content is no longer available on archive.org. Deadside is dead, broken link..
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It seems that this issue has been sufficiently addressed now.

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