In case people were wondering about why RIAA and Github are wrong about taking down youtube-dl: As a YT creator, I use youtube-dl to make a backup of my channel - my own content.

Microsoft-owned software repository GitHub has reinstated YouTube-dl after a RIAA copyright complaint, and it’s promised to donate $1 million to a new legal defense fund.

This message does not specifically state YouTube-dl is the reason for the warning, but the timing coincides with GitHub's battle to remove new YouTube-dl repositories after its takedown.

The Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) has taken down YouTube-dl's GitHub repositories using a DMCA takedown notice. YouTube-dl is an extremely popular command-line program ...

This is the best possible outcome of the RIAA's attack on youtube-dl. Good on @GitHub for standing up for developers against DMCA § 1201 abuses. The @EFF did amazing work representing the project ...

GitHub has reversed its decision to boot YouTube-dl, a popular tool for archiving YouTube videos, from its platform. The company restored repositories this week after "additional information ...

Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.