Louis Rossmann’s Repair Videos Might Get Taken Down After Legal Threat

http://ifixit.org/blog/8210/rossmann-repair-legal-threat/

by sverige • 10 years ago

93 18 10 years ago

rdl• 10 years ago

I love watching his videos, but it seems like his talent is wasted on fixing commodity devices at component level -- still makes sense for some devices in current production, but this seems like it would be much more interesting for reversing, commercial/industrial devices out of production, sensitive devices which can't leave secure facilities, etc.

sergiotapia2• 10 years ago

I love Louis' channel. To me he's the Bob Ross of digital artistry, super relaxing to watch and just admire the talent.

I hope his channel doesn't get taken down for dumb reasons.

iamcreasy2• 10 years ago

"Bob Ross of digital artistry"

He is indeed.

iamcreasy2• 10 years ago

The title is misleading. Here is an update from the link itself,

Update (7/2/2016): Since our post yesterday, Louis has released a new video with more details about the situation. He confirmed that he has been contacted by Apple’s intellectual property lawyers. But he clarified that he is not being sued by Apple. He goes on to say that there’s still a lot of unknowns, and he’ll likely find out more after the holiday weekend. Check out the explanation on his YouTube channel, and here’s the sum-up Louis gave in the video description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk4p4oEu2sE

alayne• 10 years ago

Nope, this was just another Internet lynch mob fed by innuendo from a youtuber.

wfunction• 10 years ago

Can someone with the available bandwidth please download and archive all his videos ASAP before they're taken down?

kiddico• 10 years ago

There's a torrent floating around with all of his videos in it.

here we go:

    magnet:?   xt=urn:btih:dd84fba30e91cb29f9e12aa04067fb3588a04368&dn=Louis%5FRossmann%5FBackup&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fglotorrents.pw%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce

foota• 10 years ago

It's interesting that this ridiculously long link completely breaks hn formatting.

DanBC• 10 years ago

Please add four spaces to the front of that long unbroken line.

guroot2• 10 years ago

Already done. https://kat.cr/louis-rossmann-backup-t12864278.html

sergiotapia2• 10 years ago

I'll download them tonight, I have a gigabit connection. Where do you recommend mirroring them?

guroot2• 10 years ago

Just seed the torrent.

jbmyre• 10 years ago

Louis has been a personal friend of mine for 9 years or so, and I had no idea anyone followed his work. I can assure you if his content is removed, it will remain available through other means. We are like crackheads when it comes to talking shop, we will be all over any opportunity to do so no matter how small. Let your interest be known and you will have it.

threeseed• 10 years ago

because a lot manufacturers don’t want anyone to know how to fix them.

I actually don't think they could care less if you fix it yourself. Apple, Samsung etc have done nothing to stop repair shops around the world that fix/replace phone or computer components and companies like MacSales have happily existed for years.

I can imagine if he has attempted to repair a MagSafe charger or a battery that Apple would rightly want to protect their customers but anything else would be largely harmless.

rasz_pl• 10 years ago

Louis lawyer seems incompetent, telling his client multi million dollar Manhattan law firm representing multi billion dollar corporation contacted him because "they are fans and like his stuff", I am lost for words :(

They are as much fans as a mobster telling you how nice a shop you got there and it would be terrible if something happened to it.

jalami• 10 years ago

I recently stumbled upon his channel and I enjoy a lot of his insights. Sometimes he seems to gush on emotionally a bit too much and it gets painful to listen to, but I enjoy the lack of filter overall. The ease with which he's able to fix things is captivating and it's just plain fun to watch. It would be a huge boon to society if more skilled trades were able to freely share knowledge like us developers do. Sometimes we take it for granted.

znpy• 10 years ago

You make videos about repairing stuff, you get nearly sued.

I wonder what would happen if the same logic was applied to cars, water heaters, and basically everything else.

snaky• 10 years ago

This guy created the best marketing pitch for Thinkpad (vs Macbook), better than Lenovo ever did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWJP5yCujw

Louis Rossmann’s Repair Videos Might Get Taken Down After Legal Threat

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