Philipp Trommler's Blog - free speechhttps://blog.philipp-trommler.me/en/2022-01-17T21:29:48+01:00Uberspace is Being Sued2022-01-17T21:29:48+01:002022-01-17T21:29:48+01:00Philipp Trommlertag:blog.philipp-trommler.me,2022-01-17:/en/posts/2022/01/17/misc-uberspace-is-being-sued/<p><a href="https://uberspace.de">Uberspace</a> is <a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2022/urheberrecht-musikindustrie-verklagt-hoster-von-youtube-dl/">currently being
sued</a>
for hosting <a href="https://yt-dl.org">youtube-dl</a>'s main page. This is the
industry's second attempt in unpublishing information about the tool
after their unsuccessful try in taking down youtube-dl's GitHub
repository.</p><p>I am no lawyer, but the fact that GitHub <a href="https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/">has
restored</a>
youtube-dl's <a href="https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/">repository</a> after
internal investigations (and, admittedly, quite some community backlash) back in
2020 leads me to the conclusion that youtube-dl might not be as illegal as the
music industry tries to make you believe. I don't want to get any deeper into
the legal arguments here, as they differ from country to country, anyways, but
I'm pretty sure everyone has their own idea whether it's ethical that you
shouldn't be allowed to make a private copy to consume media in the way <em>you</em>
would like it<sup id=sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-1-back><a href=#sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-1 class=simple-footnote title="Maybe you even have to make a copy in order to consume it at all because their stupid web shit doesn't work on your devices because you don't swap them like your underpants because you're trying to avoid e-waste... 🙄">1</a></sup>.</p>
<p>Still, the music industry is going for another round, this time here in Germany.
Their new target is Uberspace, a liberal hosting provider, which stands in for
free speech and privacy. And happens to host youtube-dl's home page. I don't
share every view with Uberspace but they have their stances and I respect them
for that. I'm hosting this very blog there, too, and their service is excellent.
Additionally, they provide a variety of programming languages/run times to
chose from.</p>
<p>So, if you'd like to support Uberspace with standing in for user's freedom,
<a href="https://dashboard.uberspace.de/register">consider becoming a paying
customer</a> there, too. Just make sure to
chose a sustainable plan<sup id=sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-2-back><a href=#sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-2 class=simple-footnote title="They're going for the pay-what-you-want, or rather pay-what-you-can, model.">2</a></sup>, IIRC they start at 10€/month. The extra paranoid
can even pay cash!</p><ol class=simple-footnotes><li id=sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-1>Maybe you even <em>have</em> to make a copy in order to consume it
<em>at all</em> because their stupid web shit doesn't work on your devices because you
don't swap them like your underpants because you're trying to avoid
e-waste... 🙄 <a href=#sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-1-back class=simple-footnote-back>↩</a></li><li id=sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-2>They're going for the pay-what-you-want, or rather
pay-what-you-can, model. <a href=#sf-misc-uberspace-is-being-sued-2-back class=simple-footnote-back>↩</a></li></ol>