If Michael Arrington hadn't posted the actual cease and desist letter from YouTube's attorney, I probably wouldn't have believed the company had asked him to remove a tool that allows people to download and store YouTube videos.
It's extremely hypocritical that YouTube so freely violates the copyright of so many video creators, yet feel they need to prevent others from accessing their content - which isn't even there's, as Arrington explains.
Arrington further suggests that this could just be YouTube covering its butt, by sending the letter, with no real intention of following-up. Either way, the letter is plain crazy.
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