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		slenk on May 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PyPI Was Subpoenaed yt-dlp is everywhere - why would they go after pypi and not the source at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

heavyset_go on May 25, 2023 [–]

Not that I necessarily believe this is happening, but this can be a case of making an example out of anyone that wants to distribute the software they wanted censored via chilling effects.

slenk on May 25, 2023 | [–]

Ah, fair. Wouldn't be the first time the US Gov't did that

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