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Been using Tor a lot more, since Youtube started disallowing danes access to nearly all music. Get bent, Google.

You can yell at google all you want but ultimately it’s the rights holders who push this initiative

All of them at once, for some reason, or is Google just covering their ass? I heard there was some boring lawyer standoff between Google and KODA, the danish music cartel, but the Google blockade goes way beyond danish music. I've seen Russian music blocked even. [1]

But I see your point, though I'm not sure who is more unlikeable, Google or the music industry. Actually, let it never be said that I'm not fair: They can all get bent.

[1] Never thought I'd link this on HN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t_sMynan_k

Fellow Dane here and someone who used to work with Danish musicians: KODA is the enemy. It'd be a more worthy initiative to go yell at them: they are literally the mafia of music in Denmark.

What did I just watch? :D

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

What is danes?

Took me a minute as well. He means Danes as in “Denmark”.

thanks, I thought it could have been an app to download music, like youtube-dl... (didn't mean to insult any Danes)

Danes are the proud people who inhabit the Kingdom of Denmark.

Why are people always called "proud people"? Are there no people embarrassed of their country?

I'm pretty sure most Danes are super proud of our country after our PM's deft handling of the outbreak. Finest leader of my lifetime.

USA/Californian checking in. Embarrassed.

Most Brits.

Confirmed. Also possible to be embarrassed of your individual component countries like England or Northern Ireland.

For example here's a famous response to the idea of being proud to be Scottish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tJJO_pVvQ

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