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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

this will kill yt-dlp if it succeeds

[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

And Invidious, FreeTube, and Grayjay, and potentially even Odysee, PeerTube, and Rumble.

Not to mention the ramifications it might have beyond video and potentially affect the very concept of fan works. Like, imagine if some innocent fanart you drew and posted to, say, Mastodon or Pixelfed, or even to Bsky for that matter, is now a DMCA violation if this ruling is extended to apply to that sorta thing too.