ND Downloading a video should be “fair use” as recording a song from the radio (mastodon.social)
694 points by luu 944 days ago | 247 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The author argues that downloading a YouTube video should be considered fair use, similar to recording a song from the radio.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 4 evals
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Audit Trail 8 entries
2026-03-05 14:27 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 14:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 14:21 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.000 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 14:21 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: 0.00 (Neutral)
2026-02-28 23:59 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 23:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial stance on fair use and copyright
2026-02-28 23:55 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.50) - -
2026-02-28 23:55 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.50 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Mastodon post advocates fair use