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      YouTube Ordered to Unmask Cheaters TV Show Pirates & How Much Money Was Made

      Andy Maxwell • news.movim.eu / TorrentFreak • 19 December, 2020 • 3 minutes

    Cheaters With millions of users uploading huge quantities of content every day, YouTube is the largest video platform on the planet.

    Of course, not all of this content is licensed for upload and as a result, YouTube regularly finds itself at the center of copyright holder disputes. Usually, complaints are handled with a Content ID match or a straightforward takedown process but some content creators prefer to take things a little further.

    Creator of TV Show Cheaters Takes Legal Action

    Controversial reality TV show Cheaters deploys its own ‘Cheaters Detective Agency’ to carry out investigations on behalf of individuals who suspect their partners are committing adultery and similar infidelities. Created by writer Bobby Goldstein, Cheaters launched in 2000 and has reached season 19, airing on various legal TV outlets around the world.

    However, there are many hundreds of Cheaters episodes available on YouTube too, uploaded by users in breach of copyright. Collectively these videos have been viewed millions of times and for Bobby Goldstein Productions (BGP), the owner and rightsholder of more than 227 Cheaters episodes, enough is enough.

    Cheaters YouTube

    In an application for a DMCA subpoena filed against YouTube in a Texas court, BGP attorney Jeffrey R. Bragalone is now seeking to obtain the identities of more than two dozen YouTube account holders who uploaded Cheaters episodes to the video platform, so that the company may enforce its rights.

    DMCA Takedown Notice

    The application begins by reminding YouTube of its legal position, noting that since it displayed and reproduced infringing episodes, it may be liable to hand over all of the profits it generated from them. Alternatively, under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), YouTube may be liable for statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringing work.

    BGP’s attorney then issues a formal demand to YouTube, demanding that it immediately cease-and-desists from hosting and displaying the episodes in question, noting that failure to comply will be considered as evidence of willful intent in the event of a lawsuit.

    Cheaters DMCA

    At the time of writing and after testing a sample of the URLs listed by the company, the allegedly infringing videos (including the small selection in the image above) appear to remain live on YouTube but given the official nature of the complaint, that position is likely to change in the coming days. Nevertheless, a simple takedown won’t be enough to fulfill the requirements of the subpoena.

    Disclose User Identities and Preserve Evidence

    In the first instance, BGP is seeking to find out the identities behind the YouTube user accounts that uploaded the infringing videos. There are more than two dozen in total, some of which are dedicated to the show, some that offer various TV shows and movies, and others that appear to have uploaded episodes in a less organized fashion.

    Regardless of type, BGP is demanding that YouTube provides documentation to show “all registration information, account information, billing information, payment information, or other identifying information associated with the YouTube accounts” including their “name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), email address(es), and account number(s) associated with each account, and the Internet Protocol addresses (including time stamps) used to create each account, access each account, or upload the material” for each of the supplied URLs.

    In addition to user information, BGP is also seeking information that could be helpful should it file lawsuits against the listed YouTube users and potentially the platform itself in the unlikely event content isn’t taken down. The requested evidence includes the total page views and/or downloads of the infringing URLs/videos, plus an account of total revenues and gross profits relating to the display of the offending material, including all advertising and/or affiliate revenue.

    “This information must be provided with accompanying documentation, including financial and other business records, supporting the responses given to these questions,” the DMCA subpoena application reads.

    In addition, BGP is demanding that YouTube preserves all communications relating to the videos, including emails, voicemails and instant messaging, any and all related documents, network access and server activity logs, plus any other relevant information.

    “Should you fail or refuse to take down the Subject Videos, our client will have no choice but to file a complaint against your company seeking immediate injunctive relief, as well as compensatory, statutory, and punitive damages, attorney’s fees, and costs,” BGP concludes.

    After being filed earlier this week, the case was reviewed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap. In his order, he noted that BGP had complied with all of the components required to obtain a subpoena. So, in an order issued Wednesday, the Judge ordered YouTube to comply by supplying the information sought.

    The related documents can be found here ( 1 , 2 , 3 . Judge’s order here )

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      R.I.P. Henri, le Chat Noir, angst-ridden feline YouTube star for the ages

      Jennifer Ouellette • news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica • 10 December, 2020 • 1 minute

    "Je suis un chat noir." Henri the existential cat made his YouTube debut on May 24, 2007, and quickly became an Internet sensation. He and Will Braden, aka "the thieving filmmaker," would go on to make 17 short films together.

    We are très désolé to report that YouTube cat-video sensation Henri, le Chat Noir has died at the ripe old age of 17. His collaborator Will Braden, aka the "thieving filmmaker," announced Henry's passing in a moving Facebook post . Apparently, Henri had a deteriorating spinal condition and had been rendered largely immobile as a result. Despite the pandemic, a local vet made a home visit to "help him pass peacefully, surrounded by those that loved him," Braden wrote.

    Henri (née Henry) was not actually Braden's cat; the Facebook post identifies Braden's mother as Henri's real-life caretaker. Henri lived in an undisclosed location in Seattle's North End, largely oblivious to his online celebrity. He was a rescue cat, adopted from a local animal shelter as a kitten, who shared his living space with a second white cat, known to his fans as 'l'Imbecile Blanc," who survives him. While a student at the Seattle Film Institute, Braden noted Henri's "regal presence and distinguished personality," and ne featured the cat in a short film for class. The video hit YouTube on May 24, 2007, and Henri's existential musings soon began winning enthusiastic fans.

    It was the 2012 sequel (embedded below), Henri 2: Paws de Deux , that went truly viral and turned Henri into an Internet celebrity, with many declaring it to be the best cat video on the Internet. Indeed, the short film won the Golden Kitty Award at the Walker Art Center's Internet Cat Video Festival. Henri gave a suitably world-weary statement on his win via Braden: "That I have received this golden, smiling idol for a film documenting my metaphysical torment speaks volumes about the spiritual void of humanity. Shiny and meaningless, life marches on."

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      YouTube bans videos claiming Trump won

      Timothy B. Lee • news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica • 9 December, 2020

    YouTube bans videos claiming Trump won

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    For the last month, President Donald Trump and his allies have tried to cast doubt on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. However, they've failed to produce evidence of irregularities in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, or other states sufficient to overcome Biden's substantial lead in the electoral college. Now YouTube says it has had enough.

    "We will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential election," the Google-owned service announced .

    YouTube acknowledged that it had previously allowed the airing of "controversial views on the outcome or process of counting votes of a current election as election officials have worked to finalize counts." But now that most of Trump's legal challenges have been thrown out of court , YouTube says that the legitimacy of Biden's election is no longer up for debate.

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      Décorations de Noël, survivalisme & femmes célèbres : 5 chaînes YouTube à suivre en décembre 2020

      Julien Lausson • news.movim.eu / Numerama • 7 December, 2020

    Ça y est, c'est la fin de l'année. Alors pour cette sélection mensuelle de chaînes YouTube, on a essayé d'être un peu dans le thème. Un peu. [Lire la suite]

    Abonnez-vous à notre chaîne YouTube pour ne manquer aucune vidéo !

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      YouTube va mettre de la pub sur toutes les vidéos, et garder l’argent des petites chaînes

      Julien Lausson • news.movim.eu / Numerama • 19 November, 2020

    La monétisation de toutes les vidéos sur YouTube, c'est maintenant. Ou presque. La plateforme modifie ses conditions d'utilisation pour s'autoriser la diffusion de publicités et garder les revenus dans certains cas. [Lire la suite]

    Abonnez-vous à notre chaîne YouTube pour ne manquer aucune vidéo !

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      Odysee, le « YouTube libre » qui attire les complotistes français

      Aurore Gayte • news.movim.eu / Numerama • 13 November, 2020

    Odysee, la plateforme de vidéos où le film complotiste Hold Up a été très partagé, est encore peu connue du grand public. Pourtant, après à peine quelques mois d'existence, elle est devenue l'un des endroits les plus propices à la complosphère française. [Lire la suite]

    Voitures, vélos, scooters... : la mobilité de demain se lit sur Vroom ! https://www.numerama.com/vroom/vroom//

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      Rewind 2020 : YouTube renonce à sa vidéo annuelle à cause du coronavirus

      Julien Lausson • news.movim.eu / Numerama • 13 November, 2020

    YouTube Rewind

    Il n'y aura pas de Rewind 2020 cette année. YouTube jette l'éponge, à cause de la pandémie de coronavirus. [Lire la suite]

    Abonnez-vous à notre chaîne YouTube pour ne manquer aucune vidéo !

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      GitHub boots popular YouTube download tool after RIAA claim

      Kate Cox • news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica • 26 October, 2020

    An illustration of YouTube

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    A popular tool used for archiving YouTube videos, YouTube-dl, is gone from GitHub after the Recording Industry Association of America filed a claim arguing that the code is inherently illegal under copyright law.

    GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft, removed 18 projects on Friday that previously hosted versions of YouTube-dl, a Python library that allows for the downloading of YouTube video and audio files. Those repositories now display a message reading, "This repository is currently disabled due to a DMCA takedown notice. We have disabled public access to the repository."

    Although the notice is framed as a DMCA issue, the takedown notice from the RIAA, dated Friday, does not make claim that YouTube-dl is an act of copyright infringement. Instead, it alleges that the code itself is a violation of a different section of Us copyright law (as well as German copyright law), because the "clear purpose of this source code is to... circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube, and [to] reproduce and distribute music videos and sound recordings owned by our member companies without authorization for such use."

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      Youtube-DL dans la sauce

      Korben • news.movim.eu / Korben • 26 October, 2020 • 3 minutes

    Tous ceux qui un jour ont eu envie de télécharger une vidéo YouTube ou en provenance d’un autre site, connaissent le logiciel Youtube-DL.

    Cet outil en ligne de commande, je l’ai essoré dans cet article , donc je ne reviendrai pas dessus. Malheureusement, mauvaise nouvelle pour les développeurs de cet outil qui est hébergé sur Github : Microsoft vient de fermer leur dépôt suite à une plainte DMCA en provenance de la RIAA qui estime que Youtube-DL viole les droits d’auteurs.

    Bon, OK, nous voilà revenus en l’an 2000. À quel moment est ce que la RIAA ou un autre organisme de ce genre peut encore penser qu’ils arriveront à stopper un logiciel comme celui-ci dont les sources sont libres ?

    En effet, déposer une telle plainte a toujours l’effet inverse. Tout d’abord, une grosse pub depuis quelques jours pour Youtube-DL dans tous les médias. Mais également des dépôts du code source clonés se retrouvent un peu partout sur la toile, y compris sur Github.

    Ainsi, non seulement le code de Youtube-DL était éternel et maintenant il est PARTOUT ! Histoire de troller, il y a même un petit malin qui a claqué tout le code source de Youtube-DL sur le dépôt DMCA de Github . Pour cela, il a profité d’une « faille » que Github n’a pas voulu corriger, qui permet de faire une « pull request » qui même non mergée possède une référence qu’on peut ensuite consulter ^^.

    Partout et il y a même un internaute qui s’est amusé à le convertir sous la forme d’images à se partager sur les réseaux sociaux et a livré les commandes pour le reconstituer .

    D’ailleurs, si vous voulez faire de même avec un de vos fichiers, il suffit d’installer le logiciel File2PNG et de l’utiliser comme ceci sous Linux :

    ./file2png -store FICHIER.TXT IMAGE.png

    Vous pouvez évidemment tout y mettre. Une autre image, un zip…etc. Bref, de la stéganographie.

    Voici ce que ça donne pour l’un de mes fichiers :

    Plus il y a de données à stocker, plus l’image sera grande.

    Et pour récupérer le fichier, il faut utiliser le paramètre -restore

    ./file2png -restore IMAGE.png

    D’ailleurs, l’action DMCA de la RIAA est très discutable, car d’après les juristes experts du sujet , Youtube-DL enfreint la loi lorsqu’on l’utilise. Le code source en lui-même n’étant pas actif, ils ne devraient en théorie pas tomber sous le coup d’une DMCA. Microsoft / Github serait donc en droit de refuser cette demande de la RIAA.

    Bref, essayer de faire disparaître un code source libre sur la toile, c’est un peu comme vouloir faire disparaître le pissenlit de la surface de la Terre en soufflant sur l’une de ses fleurs.

    Longue vie à Youtube-DL !


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