gallery-dl is a program for automatically downloading images from websites like Reddit, VK, X/Twitter… Inspired by youtube-dl (now yt-dlp) and also written in Python.
Like yt-dlp, it can be used for copyright infringement. At the end of March, Fakku LLC — a large publisher of translated pornographic comics, games, and animations — demanded to remove the ability to download from 28 pirate websites from the program. And to delete the relevant modules from the git history..
In the discussion, users are outraged that Fakku also started as a pirate site and has now launched a crusade against pirates. And that some of the modules being removed pertain to sites that have already deleted all of Fakku's content.
The program's author sought advice from the EFF and GitHub support but received no replies. As a result, in April, he moved the full version of the program to Codeberg and complied with the requirements regarding GitHub. Bug trackers operate on both GitHub and Codeberg, without synchronization.
gallery-dl is a program for automatically downloading images from websites like Reddit, VK, X/Twitter… Inspired by youtube-dl (now yt-dlp) and also written in Python. Like yt-dlp, it can.
Source: linux.org.ru
