The owner of a US-based YouTube download site has been convicted — in Brazil

A Brazilian court has convicted Yout owner and operator John Nader of breaking Brazilian copyright protection laws.
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Brazil is Cracking Down on YouTuber Ripper Yout.com

Yout is a stream ripping website at the center of a high-profile criminal prosecution in Brazil—marking a significant escalation in the fight against online copyright infringement. This prosecution ...
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GitHub and the Electronic Frontier Foundation submit a ``opinion supporting a website that downloads videos from YouTube'' in a lawsuit by the Recording Industry Association of ...

And in Yout.com's appeal, GitHub submitted an opinion to the appeals court in support of Yout.com's claims. In its opinion, GitHub said, ``The federal district court has broadly construed the DMCA's ...