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    Is It Legal to Download YouTube Videos for Personal Use?

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    • ostalstew
      ostalstew last edited by

      Is it safe or legal to use YouTube downloaders or YouTube converters?

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Legal may depend on your country and also on the video.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          [Moved to Lounge]

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            Does Youtube allow download of videos? I'm not sure but I guess it would be a violation of their 'Terms of Service'.

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            • joshl
              joshl last edited by

              Also (there's a pending post of mine),

              \9. YouTube content on the Website

              9.1 With the exception of Content submitted to the Service by you, all other Content on the Service is either owned by or licensed to YouTube, and is subject to copyright, trade mark rights, and other intellectual property rights of YouTube or YouTube's licensors. Any third party trade or service marks present on Content not uploaded or posted by you are trade or service marks of their respective owners. Such Content may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of YouTube or, where applicable, YouTube's licensors. YouTube and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to their Content.

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              • joshl
                joshl last edited by

                \5. General restrictions on use

                5.1 YouTube hereby grants you permission to access and use the Service, subject to the following express conditions, and you agree that your failure to adhere to any of these conditions shall constitute a breach of these Terms on your part:

                A. you agree not to distribute any part of or parts of the Website or the Service, including but not limited to any Content, in any medium without YouTube's prior written authorisation, unless YouTube makes available the means for such distribution through functionality offered by the Service (such as the YouTube Player);

                ...

                C. you agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the YouTube Player, or such other means as YouTube may explicitly designate for this purpose;

                ...

                L. you agree not to access Content or any reason other than your personal, non-commercial use solely as intended through and permitted by the normal functionality of the Service, and solely for Streaming. "Streaming" means a contemporaneous digital transmission of the material by YouTube via the Internet to a user operated Internet enabled device in such a manner that the data is intended for real-time viewing and not intended to be downloaded (either permanently or temporarily), copied, stored, or redistributed by the user.
                M. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content.

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