GitHub repo now also hosting YouTube-dl's source code Besides the huge number of new YouTube-dl repos that popped up since October 23, a copy of YouTube-dl's source code was also added to an official ...

You won’t find the source code for YouTube-DL, a popular tool that can be used to download videos from YouTube, and for some of its forks and copies on GitHub ...

GitHub has announced today that YouTube-dl's repository was reinstated after reversing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown from last month. YouTube-dl ...

While the original YoutTbe-dl repository is still down, there are now hundreds of new forks of it on GitHub and Gitlab. Security engineer Lance Vick noted that programmers have even exploited a bug to ...

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GitHub has restored the code of a project that the RIAA demanded it take down last month after finding that the group’s DMCA complaint was meritless. YouTube-dl, a ...

At this point, you’ve likely heard that the GitHub repository for youtube-dl was recently removed in response to a DMCA takedown notice filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

A popular tool used for archiving YouTube videos, YouTube-dl, is gone from GitHub after the Recording Industry Association of America filed a claim arguing that the code is inherently illegal under ...

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youtube-dl Download a video from YouTube using youtube-dl and the a-Shell app for iPhone or iPad. The shortcut accepts any YouTube URLs passed from Safari or the YouTube app via the share sheet.