IFPI Wants yt-dlp on EU Piracy Watch List

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has called yt-dlp "a major problem for the music industry" in its submission to the EU's Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List consultation, naming four of the project's maintainers by their GitHub handles. The final 2027 list is expected in Q2 2027; the watch list carries no legal findings or mandated action.

• IFPI represents around 8,000 labels across 70 countries
• yt-dlp has over 195,000 stars on GitHub
• Maintainers named: pukkandan, coletdjnz, bashonly, Grub4K
• The final EU list is expected in Q2 2027