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- 1IFPI accused of pushing to label yt-dlp a piracy tool●Apparently, the IFPI is pushing to label # ytdlp as a # piracy tool. Even as a paying # YouTube Premium subscriber, this
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is reportedly pressing to classify yt-dlp, the widely used open-source media downloader, as a piracy tool. Critics, including paying YouTube Premium subscribers, call the move harassment of open-source maintainers and warn that treating general-purpose tools as piracy services could set a precedent for banning technologies like torrent clients.