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I'm not justifying Google here as I am a fan of youtube-dl and the variants, but if you are creating a product or business that relies on Google servers and use

I'm not justifying Google here as I am a fan of youtube-dl and the variants, but if you are creating a product or business that relies on Google servers and uses software that could be considered abuse (especially for commercial purposes) then I'm not completely surprised. You could have got an API key which is probably the correct route to go once you want to commercialize something like this.

hnbad 4y ago
This is what struck me as well. Giphy doesn't exist to scrape full videos from YouTube. Kapwing offers to scrape full videos from YouTube and then reupload them to other platforms. That not only likely violates YouTube's terms of service but also directly contradicts YouTube's business interests. I'm not sure the DMCA claim is legitimate (and Google seems to have walked back on it, which seems odd) but this feels more like a ToS violation that would justify an IP ban or strongly worded legal letter than an obvious DMCA case.
account42 4y ago
This stance would make sense if Youtube had decided to block them. That is not what happened.