Youtube-dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban

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[–]package 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good thing everyone already switched to yt-dlp

[–]Drewski[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

archive.today mirror | archive.org mirror

[–]jerkwad152 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

RIP

[–]cant_even 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Further contributing to the digital class-consciousness movement. The PC scene is dividing into Poweruser Master-Race vs. NPC walled-garden subscribers.

[–]KyleIsThisTall 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This was already a thing in the 90s with AOL. The difference is that there were a bunch of local dial-up ISPs at the time. And independent chatrooms. Basically we're going backwards without the option of the option of not using big corporate ISPs.

I suggest getting a router that can support DD-WRT/OpenWRT with at least 2 antenna connections and getting an omni-directional antenna and at least a parabolic as well. Both can be obtained for under $60 shipped in the USA. With those a node for a MeshNet can be created. This will allow you to host a MeshNet node so others in your area (typically up to a mile away if the antennas are mounted in a proper place) can communicate, share files, host services such as websites, or even play games with LAN support, if they are close enough and have a router that supports WiFi WLAN, which used ones can be found in thrift stores for typically around $5. I have 4 of them sitting around.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

How does running a program on your own computer not fall under freedom of information laws? YouTube's servers don't have to send the data.

[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's like selling modchips. It's considered a tool to bypass copyright protection. The site was hosted in Germany for some stupid reason which has much harsher data control laws.

[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You mean like LLMs literally copying the entire Internet? Google: No, not like that.

[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sony is suing Internet Archive.