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Does it even make a difference if using YouTube-mp3 and youtube-dl are explicitly against YouTube's terms of service? YouTube's terms of service, in part, read
by cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
Does it even make a difference if using YouTube-mp3 and youtube-dl are explicitly against YouTube's terms of service?
YouTube's terms of service, in part, read:
4. General Use of the Service—Permissions and Restrictions
YouTube hereby grants you permission to access and use the Service as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:
A. You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the Service or the Content without YouTube's prior written authorization, unless YouTube makes available the means for such distribution through functionality offered by the Service (such as the Embeddable Player).
B. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Service.
C. You agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate.
- rasz 9y agoThere are also browser extensions, like "Download YouTube Videos as MP4" that simply displays mp3 link embedded in YTs web page. No third party servers, no external programs, you use Chrome to download mp3 straight from YT server. Then of course ToS/Eula is toilet paper in EU. And its 100% legal to download whatever I like (audio/video, not software) in my country thanks to CD tax RIA fought so hard for.
- dublinben 9y agoYou can access YouTube or retrieve a URL through youtube-dl without reading and agreeing to these Terms.
- eikenberry 9y agoYoutude-dl complies with all of these. It doesn't red-distribute anything, it doesn't alter anything and it accesses the content through the video playback page.