Irony: I have cloned and used youtube-dl after these DCMA shenanigans, but had previously never heard of it. The Streisand Effect continues to amaze...
Yes RIAA really shot themselves in the foot with this one. I had also never heard of ytdl before this. Now I fully intend to use it and support it. Maybe I will use it to go download some Taylor Swift songs... Maybe I won't ;)