I've only downloaded works with youtube-dl where I had permission of the copyright holder.
The whole point of youtube was to make it convenient for decentralized content creators to share things. Most WANT their stuff being downloaded. If I'm uploading an educational or family video to Youtube, it's because it's a convenient way for others to watch it, not because I want to maintain control, or earn $0.0001 in ad revenues for Auntie being shown a Trump campaign ad.
youtube-dl makes it possible for kids in the developing world to watch educational videos, for people to watch family videos in rural America, and for kids to learn remotely.
Youtube-dl doesn't do what Youtube does. What it does is extends Youtube to millions of people without high-speed internet connections. That's not a population Google particularly cares about including (not a lot of ad dollars), but it's also not one Google particularly cares about excluding (they are not douchebags, like the RIAA).
If the RIAA wants locked-down controls, they should go with centralized platforms. That's what they're there for. In the meantime, shooting educators using Youtube in the foot means, eventually, educators will go somewhere else.
The whole point of youtube was to make it convenient for decentralized content creators to share things. Most WANT their stuff being downloaded. If I'm uploading an educational or family video to Youtube, it's because it's a convenient way for others to watch it, not because I want to maintain control, or earn $0.0001 in ad revenues for Auntie being shown a Trump campaign ad.
youtube-dl makes it possible for kids in the developing world to watch educational videos, for people to watch family videos in rural America, and for kids to learn remotely.
Youtube-dl doesn't do what Youtube does. What it does is extends Youtube to millions of people without high-speed internet connections. That's not a population Google particularly cares about including (not a lot of ad dollars), but it's also not one Google particularly cares about excluding (they are not douchebags, like the RIAA).
If the RIAA wants locked-down controls, they should go with centralized platforms. That's what they're there for. In the meantime, shooting educators using Youtube in the foot means, eventually, educators will go somewhere else.