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TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( Monday, November 16, 2020 • By [Anthony Ha]( GitHub defies a takedown order, Strava raises a big round and Moderna reports promising COVID-19 vaccine results. This is your Daily Crunch for November 16, 2020. [The big story: GitHub reinstates YouTube downloading project]( Back in October, the Recording Industry Association of America sent a DMCA complaint to GitHub over a project called YouTube-dl, which allows viewers to download YouTube videos for offline viewing. According to the trade group, YouTube-dl both circumvented DRM and, in its documentation, promoted the piracy of several popular songs. However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation sent GitHub a letter criticizing the RIAA’s argument and suggesting that, among other things, it mischaracterizes how YouTube-dl’s code actually works. In response, GitHub has[restored the project’s code](. It also says it’s rethinking how it will handle takedown notices in the future, with a new $1 million developer defense fund and the response of technical and legal review of any future claims filed under section 1201 of the DMCA. [Read more]( [The big story: GitHub reinstates YouTube downloading project image] Image Credits: Michael Short/Bloomberg / Getty Images [Application Development: Are You Making the Right Investments for Speed?]( Sponsored by [OutSystems]( [Ready to develop an application at high speed? Not so fast. Consider everything involved with hand-coding an app, scaling it, and adjusting it. I applaud all of you who spend as much as 12 months doing it. But what if it has to go live in a month?]( [Read more]( The tech giants [You can now embed Apple Podcasts on the web]( — Apple is making it easier to discover and listen to podcasts via the web. [Apple’s IDFA gets targeted in strategic EU privacy complaints]( — The complaints, lodged with German and Spanish data protection authorities, contend that Apple’s setting of the IDFA breaches regional privacy laws. [Spotify adds a built-in podcast playlist creation tool, ‘Your Episodes’]( — The feature lets you bookmark individual episodes from any podcast, which are then added to a new “Your Episodes” playlist. [The tech giants image] Image Credits: Startups, funding and venture capital [Strava raises $110M, touts growth rate of 2 million new users per month in 2020]( — Strava has 70 million members already according to the company, with presence in 195 countries globally. [Squarespace adds support for memberships and paywalled content]( — Squarespace’s new Member Areas allow businesses to charge for access to exclusive content. [Computer vision startup Chooch.ai scores $20M Series A]( — Chooch.ai hopes to help companies adopt computer vision more broadly. [Startups, funding and venture capital image] Image Credits: Strava Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch [Will edtech empower or erase the need for higher education?]( — Campuses are closed, sports have been paused and, understandably, students don’t want to pay the same tuition for a fraction of the services. [Three growth tactics that helped us surpass Noom and Weight Watchers]( — Over the past year, nutrition app Lifesum has acquired users at nearly twice the rate of both Noom and Weight Watchers. [Unpacking the C3.ai IPO filing]( — C3 is actually in pretty good financial shape, generating both growing recurring software revenues and cash in some quarters. (Reminder: Extra Crunch is our membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. [You can sign up here](.) [Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch image] Image Credits: Getty Images Everything else [Moderna reports its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective in first data from Phase 3 trial]( — Following fast on the heels of Pfizer’s announcement of its COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, Moderna is also sharing positive results from its Phase 3 trial. [HBO Max arrives on Amazon Fire TV devices]( — As a part of the new deal, existing HBO subscribers on Amazon will be able to use the HBO Max app at no additional cost. [Original Content podcast: ‘The Vow’ offers a muddled look at the NXIVM cult]( — It’s a fascinating documentary hampered by some unfortunate storytelling choices. [Everything else image] Image Credits: David L. 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