[$] The RIAA, GitHub, and youtube-dl

Toward the end of October, GitHub removed the repository for the youtube-dl utility, which provides a means todownload video content from various streaming sites, such as YouTube.The repository was replacedwith a cheery notice that it had beenremoved due to a DMCAtakedown. It will likely come as no surprise that the DMCA action camefrom the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) or that thecomplaint was that the program circumvented the "technologicalprotection measures" used on the videos by YouTube and other authorized sites.