In this case, no external rightsholders are cited as the cause by the bots’ operator but from the information supplied, that cannot be ruled out. However, as we have seen with last year’s attack on YouTube-DL, tools that allow people to download content from sites aren’t always popular with rightsholders. At the time of writing it has 354,677 comment karma and 7,479 post karma, so its popularity isn’t question. The Reddit voting system generates ‘karma’ points for successful/popular submissions to the site and in this respect, SaveVideo certainly isn’t lacking. (Update: Reddit and SaveVideo have now both commented, see important updates below) Reddit hasn’t yet responded to our inquiries either so in the meantime, questions remain as to what the bots did wrong. TorrentFreak contacted the bots’ operator yesterday but at the time of writing we have yet to hear back. “The gods of reddit have decided and I am obliged to obey or risk a lawsuit,” the bots’ operator explains. What is more surprising is that this doesn’t appear to have been a simple request from Reddit but one that was supported by the threat of legal action. The operator of the bot service says they have complied and as a result, the SaveVideo and RedditSave bots have been shut down. They do not want us to continue this service any longer.” “The gods of reddit have reached out to us. However, as they say, All good things must come to an end,” its operator writes. “It has been a great pleasure to serve you all in the past few months. SimilarWeb stats indicate that since the start of the year, has attracted a steady 10 million visitors per month. ‘SaveVideo’ (which operates from the domain) is a decently sized operation by any standards. Massively Popular ‘SaveVideo’ Ordered to Close The operator of a bot called ‘ SaveVideo‘ said that they had been contacted by Reddit who advised that if the service isn’t shut down, serious trouble could lie ahead. Once liberated, this content can also be uploaded to other platforms, if the user desires.Īccording to an announcement yesterday, Reddit appears to be running out of patience with these tools. These automated tools allow people to download videos and similar content to their own machines, meaning that they can be viewed without the use of Reddit. When locally-hosted videos appear on Reddit, users can call on help from so-called ‘downloader bots’. While much of Reddit’s content is hosted externally, millions of items of multimedia content are hosted locally – unless users make use of services designed to help them download it to their own machines. The social sharing website is built around users submitting text, images, and videos, allowing users to vote on content and pushing the most popular items to the top. Reddit is one of the most popular sites on the Internet, ranking 19th in the world and 8th in the United States according to Alexa data.
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