Re: Using xwidget to play youtube videos

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-02-15, at 11:26, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > In this case (user using youtube-dl to get the underlying link) is there
>   > even a contract to break? The user certainly never saw a contract.
>
> I once asked a lawyer about that.  The answer seems not to be clear.

Why am I not surprised...?

Once I mentioned some issue connected with the so-called "IP law" to
a colleague of mine (who holds some important position in the
academia).  He expressed his opinion about the need of shooting dead all
the lawyers.  While I'd prefer a less drastic approach (a pillory, for
instance, or plain old prison), I can see some reason behind it...

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University