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No, that's not how any of this works. Google has terms of use on their service. You are violating those terms of service. This is completely cut and dry.
by VikingCoder 6y ago
No, that's not how any of this works.
Google has terms of use on their service.
You are violating those terms of service.
This is completely cut and dry.
- toohotatopic 6y agoWhich part of the terms does it violate?
- VikingCoder 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms#ad6952fd3c https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms#ad6952fd3c Under the heading, "Permissions and Restrictions": > The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to: > 1. access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders; > 2. circumvent, disable, fraudulently engage with, or otherwise interfere with any part of the Service (or attempt to do any of these things), including security-related features or features that (a) prevent or restrict the copying or other use of Content or (b) limit the use of the Service or Content; > 3. access the Service using any automated means (such as robots, botnets or scrapers) except (a) in the case of public search engines, in accordance with YouTube’s robots.txt file; or (b) with YouTube’s prior written permission;
- ativzzz 6y agoThe users using 3rd party apps don't violate any of these terms (I'm sure you could argue it both ways depending on the specific legal terms depending on the context; IANAL). The app itself is probably violating some of these terms, but for the end users, they are not doing any of the things described, they are just using the app. I think this is just one of those cases where copyright/IP law moves too slowly compared to the technology it tries to cover.
- VikingCoder 6y agoI'm sorry, but a plain English reading of those Terms and Conditions shows that any users using 3rd party apps violates the terms. They are "accessing ... part of the Service or Content [without being] expressly authorized." To make it concrete, as an example, a user using youtube-dl is violating the terms. Not the makers of youtube-dl.
- ativzzz 6y ago> They are "accessing ... part of the Service or Content [without being] expressly authorized." Are they though? AFAIK, law is very pedantic, and technically speaking, a human is physically incapable of accessing Youtube; we use tools to do so. We use some kind of software to access youtube.com, in this case, we are using an app that accesses youtube.com and relays the content on that page back to us. Similar to say, using Chrome or Firefox to access youtube.com and relay the contents on the page back to us. Note, the APP accesses youtube.com, not the user. The app is (potentially) in violation, the user using the app is not. In fact, the user may not even know that the app is actually accessing youtube. Again, IANAL and I'm sure this is argued both ways, but I'm just saying this is an interpretation of the terms.
- dingaling 6y ago> technically speaking, a human is physically incapable of accessing Youtube; we use tools to do so "Your Honour, technically I did not break the window. I had to use a rock as my agent, therefore the rock is guilty."
- ativzzz 6y agoI mean hey the NRA has argued this successfully about guns (or maybe their money argued it successfully) so why not? Lets start a rock lobby to allow more rock freedom
- frenchy 6y ago> Google has terms of use on their service. > You are violating those terms of service. That's not what piracy means, and that's not how the law works. If I state that the terms of service of reading this comment are that you must hop on one leg for the rest of your life, and you continue to walk on two, you won't be violating any laws.
- VikingCoder 6y agoI didn't say you're violating laws (but you may well be violating DMCA sections), I said you're violating terms of service. The expectation could be that they halt your use of the service, block access to their other service, and may disable your account. OP claimed, "It's my own right to save those packets(without re-distributing) them and watch them in any form I like." That is not accurate. He doesn't magically GAIN COPYRIGHT over content, just because he downloaded it. His use MAY be covered by Fair Use Laws, but it may also still be a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service.
- NMDaniel 6y agoNowhere did I imply that I'd gain copyright over the content. What's the difference between downloading and streaming a video? It's OK for the bytes to stay in main memory/network cache, but not in HDD? Would taking a memory dump of the RAM break their TOS?
- VikingCoder 6y agoYes, you did imply that you'd be able to copy the content how you like, when you said, "It's my own right to save those packets(without re-distributing) them and watch them in any form I like." YouTube lets you rent movies for 48 hours. You download a movie. You then claimed you can watch the movie in any form you like. Such as, later than the 48 hours.
- NMDaniel 6y agoSorry, I wasn't aware that YouTube lets you rent movies, I was mostly speaking about normal clips that anyone can watch for free.
- NMDaniel 6y agoAssuming this is true(that there's a clause against viewing YouTube with a third party client), then they're free to ban users like me from their service(and suffer the PR backlash), that doesn't mean that breaking that clause is unethical or illegal(I'm not from the US, we don't have draconian internet laws here)
- VikingCoder 6y agoYou're correct that it doesn't prove that it's unethical. It just also is unethical. Cheers.