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   Jay Thurber Show (jaythurbershow@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 01:26:02 JST Jay Thurber Show

   • Cory Doctorow

   Copyright run amok:

   1. High-end hoity-toity electronics company sends a YouTube DIY'er one of its products to repair.

   2. He repairs it on camera (and reveals how poorly it was made).

   3. Company files a copyright complaint with YouTube and gets his video taken down.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIrCaeVtvI

   Happy #PublicDomainDay !

   H/T: Sal Fadhley via @pluralistic

   #audiophile #audiofool #RightToRepair #diy #diy_electronics

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     Randagodron (randagodron@piaille.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 01:43:03 JST Randagodron

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @jaythurbershow @pluralistic and now the video is available on a dozen other channels 😛 in part thanks to the call from Louis Rossman. Full Streisand effect.
     (Very interesting video btw)

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     Will Phoenix (whiskeyomega@cupoftea.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 01:58:35 JST Will Phoenix

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     @jaythurbershow @pluralistic

     I see alot of people commenting on the copyright strike in itself but not why they guy Tom Evans is very obviously trying to hide the fact they are cheap components that this preamp has the value of less than my Mani 2 at £150 in spec. Also the possible mail fraud attempt in that it actually takes some serious blatant damage for this to end up the way it did and suspect Tom sent this through a courier in an effort to retrieve compensation fraudulently.

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     Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ (realtegan@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 01:58:52 JST Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @jaythurbershow @pluralistic
     This video is a masterclass in passive-aggressive response. I'm suddenly a fan of this guy.

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     Jay Thurber Show (jaythurbershow@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 02:05:20 JST Jay Thurber Show

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     • Will Phoenix

     @Whiskeyomega @pluralistic I don't know much about high-end audio equipment, but I've build a fair number of kits, and the components inside that pre-amp seemed like off-the-shelf stuff. The construction quality seemed about what I would expect from a consumer-grade kit from someone like Dayton Audio. Just my opinion. YMMV.

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     Invisible Marcel 🌀 (madjo@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 11:14:36 JST Invisible Marcel 🌀

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @jaythurbershow @pluralistic Louis Rossmann’s mirror of the copyright claimed video: https://youtu.be/6hVe_spuJQI