YouTube legal team contacted the Invidious team (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tmpod@lemmy.pt to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

HELLO?? Am I in some kind of weird fever dream? Can the people running the matrix simulation tap the breaks so I can actually assess one platform burning at a time please?

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I question whether lawyers are smart enough to understand what API means sometimes... They clearly aren't using YouTube's API so the whole letter is just false accusation. Maybe read the code first before making stupid allegations? No? This is a shitty for profit company? Makes sense in the current landscape I guess, all the shitty for profit services want to drive themselves into the ground for no reason now.

[-] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest i haven't read their code. So invidious is just scraping youtube to pull all the data?

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

According to the GitHub thread, yes. I think that's how all of the open source apps work - youtube-dl, NewPipe, Invidious at least. Using the API would open them up to legal trouble because you have to agree to the terms to use the API. You don't agree to the terms when scraping.

[-] drwho@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Things escalated, folks. They got a C&D:

https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-orders-invidious-privacy-software-to-shut-down-in-7-days-230609/

Start backing up the source repos now.

[-] rk96@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

This c&d wont do much since invidious didnt agree to any terms of service nor do they use youtube's API, that is atleast what the developers of invidious said on github