Some creators also rely on the tool to download their own videos. YT-DL is obviously used by pirates, but it's also a useful tool for archivists, researchers, journalists, etc., and it can be used to download videos with a CC license or which are public domain, such as government videos. Of course, the developers of YT-DL argue that the library is not intended for the sole purpose of circumventing the copyright protections of videos owned by RIAA members. Regardless of the fact that these videos were used merely as tests for developers and not provided as sample uses, the RIAA alleges that the entire YouTube-DL project is explicitly designed to circumvent the copyright protection of its members, thus making the entire library illegal to distribute. In a blog post, GitHub director of platform policy Abby Vollmer explained that the company had already restored a fork of the project after the developer who made it published a patch that removed the references to commercial music artists. “Indeed, the comments in the YouTube-DL source code make clear that the source code was designed and is marketed for the purpose of circumventing YouTube’s technological measures to enable unauthorized access to our member’s copyrighted works,” reads the RIAA’s complaint. The Register asked the RIAA and YouTube for comment. These 3 videos used for testing were music videos from Icona Pop, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift. The tests where copyrighted material was linked were intended to make sure that the library can download a normal video, a video with an age limit, and a video that included dollar signs in the name. As evidence, the RIAA cited comments in the YouTube-DL source code that informed users on how to test the program against videos that their members own the copyrights to. The RIAA filed a DMCA takedown alleging YouTube-DL violates the DMCA's provisions against circumventing copyright protection systems ( section 1201).
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