The GitHub repository
for the youtube-dl
utility, which is used to download video content from various web sites
(including YouTube, thus the name), has been restored. As we reported in last week’s
edition, GitHub had taken the repository down due to a DMCA
notice from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The
only change
made to youtube-dl
is the removal of some tests that downloaded a few seconds of certain music videos; those
videos were specifically targeted by the RIAA in its complaint.

Source: LWN.net – youtube-dl repository restored at GitHub