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YouTube pulled a popular tutorial video from tech creator Jeff Geerling this week, claiming his guide to installing LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5 violated policies against "harmful content." The video, which showed viewers how to set up their own home media servers, had been live for over a year and racked up more than 500,000 views. YouTube's automated systems flagged the content for allegedly teaching people "how to get unauthorized or free access to audio or audiovisual content."

Geerling says his tutorial covered only legal self-hosting of media people already own -- no piracy tools or copyright workarounds. He said he goes out of his way to avoid mentioning popular piracy software in his videos. It's the second time YouTube has pulled a self-hosting content video from Geerling. Last October, YouTube removed his Jellyfin tutorial, though that decision was quickly reversed after appeal. This time, his appeal was denied.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (8 children)

What? LOL no, not "exactly". Again the definition is not in question. The question is what the word is referring to.

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

if they haven't defined it, then legally it is meant in the broadest sense, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't know how to be more clear about this. The definition is not in question. It doesn't matter what sense it's being used. What matters is the subject of the harm.

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

totally clear. and exactly the subject is the broadest: harmful to anyone or anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If that were true there would be no videos and no YouTube.

[–] WhyJiffie 2 points 1 day ago

of course the eventual enforcement is left to the service provider (google) as it often is how it works. when you can't define something with 100% precision, you leave some room for interpretation. they can then decide what to do on a case by case basis.

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