Timeline for What is the legal distinction between watching a YouTube video in a browser and downloading it for personal use?
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| Mar 27, 2023 at 9:55 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Supports Israel | @AaronF surely the same question applies to anyone who deliberately does not click on the ToS when viewing the site (that's most people) | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 8:41 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Supports Israel | @OrangeDog TOSes have been found unenforceable in many cases - you aren't automatically obliged to do whatever some billionaire wants. (You're only obliged once they bribe enough politicians, to write a law saying they can put something in the TOS) | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 7:46 | comment | added | OrangeDog | @AaronF the TOS comes into play where it says you aren't allowed to do that. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 20:04 | comment | added | preferred_anon | I think this answer does not convey much useful information. There is a law against "downloading any video from YouTube". YouTube is not like Netflix or Spotify, because they employ DRM (so anti-circumvention applies), which YouTube doesn't. Saving the track outside of their allowed use is not illegal because it breaks your contract with YouTube - if the ToS were relevant, you would need to sign a contract to visit any website. And the point about making your own streaming service is absurd advice, even if it was on-topic. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 19:47 | comment | added | Aaron F | If someone gives me a youtube link, and I pass it to the youtube-dl program, where does the ToS come in to play? All I've done is connect to a public HTTP server and saved what it gives me. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 10:21 | comment | added | DonQuiKong | Copyright law is a law. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 3:42 | comment | added | MelodySkirata | I see. Do you have a link to case law or something like that I could look at? I believe you, but I'd like to look at the laws also | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 3:38 | comment | added | Acccumulation | If you wish to clarify your answer, you should put that clarification in the answer, rather than in a comment. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 2:19 | comment | added | Gabriel Diego | PS, by rereading I noticed that the first two points seem to be incongruent, so let me clarify: It is legal to download YouTube content, you already do that to cache the content, but keeping copyrighted material without a license is the illegal. You will break this license once you play the content using your own player. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 2:16 | history | answered | Gabriel Diego | CC BY-SA 4.0 |