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I wouldn't be surprised if there's a legal violation when you're downloading a copy from YouTube even though you're the original copyright owner of the video. Y
by bartimus 6y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a legal violation when you're downloading a copy from YouTube even though you're the original copyright owner of the video. Youtube has a license to distribute the copy according to their TOS. That license will be subjected to specific terms (streaming + DRM protection). It might not include allowing creators to circumvent those terms for archival purposes.
- _-___________-_ 6y ago"legal violation" is pretty vague. You might be disobeying their ToS, but it's not copyright infringement, since you own the copyright.
- gamblor956 6y agoIt's very possible to have a TOS violation but not a copyright violation if you're the copyright owner of the video being downloaded. Owning the copyright means you don't violate the copyright in making a copy, but that doesn't mean you get to make that copy through any means; you still have to use legal means, and for a website, that means methods that are acceptable under the TOS of that website.