RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

November 4, 2020By rightstech

Two weeks ago the RIAA asked GitHub to remove the open-source stream-ripper software youtube-dl. This request wasn’t well-received by developers, many of whom retaliated by posting copies of the code. Yesterday, things went from bad to worse when a user with the name ‘F*** T** RIAA’ uploaded three MP3s of the songs the RIAA mentioned in its takedown notice.

Source: RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub * TorrentFreak

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