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Microsoft had a rare chance to stand up for developers? By what, tackling the DMCA head on by defending a tool which is _clearly_ against the provisions of it? I can get behind them standing up when its an issue thats actually debatable, but this case seems so clear cut it would have just been a waste of everyones time. But hey, anything to shit on MS right?

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Microsoft is a member of the RIAA. It could and should resign.

Microsoft can lobby for further exceptions to §1201 anti-circumvention.

Microsoft can issue a statement formally protesting RIAA's action.

Microsoft could offer an Amicus brief or other statements in favour of youtube-dl developers.

Whilst we're discussing monopolists, Google could issue a statement that the rotating is not in fact an anti-circumventiion device.

microsoft has lawyers and can afford to pay them. I find your characterization of “_clearly_” as anything but. As to Microsoft, with Ballmer in charge, this is definitely how they would act, but I guess I was under the mistaken impression that under Nadella things would operate differently.

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