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minus-squareEncrypt-KeeperlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoHow does one pirate free videos? Is there somebody uploading torrents of YouTube videos?
minus-squareruby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agowhen all the videos get put behind login walls and drm, perhaps someone will.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoHow have you never heard of yt-dlp?
minus-squareEncrypt-KeeperlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYt-dlp doesn’t pirate YouTube videos… it downloads them directly from YouTube.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months ago it downloads them directly from YouTube Thus, pirating them. More or less by the same method that is used to download every single WEB-DL movie/episode you see on torrent sites.
minus-squareEncrypt-KeeperlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao. Otherwise it would be “pirating” to just load up YouTube.com in your browser and watching any old video.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoYoutube doesn’t let you download the videos directly. If they did, you’d be right. The fact that the original yt-dl was shut down by Youtube kinda disproves your point all by itself.
minus-squareEncrypt-KeeperlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou’re downloading videos every time you watch a video on YouTube.
Pirate… what?
Videos from YouTube
How does one pirate free videos? Is there somebody uploading torrents of YouTube videos?
when all the videos get put behind login walls and drm, perhaps someone will.
How have you never heard of yt-dlp?
Yt-dlp doesn’t pirate YouTube videos… it downloads them directly from YouTube.
Thus, pirating them. More or less by the same method that is used to download every single WEB-DL movie/episode you see on torrent sites.
It’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao.
Otherwise it would be “pirating” to just load up YouTube.com in your browser and watching any old video.
Youtube doesn’t let you download the videos directly. If they did, you’d be right. The fact that the original yt-dl was shut down by Youtube kinda disproves your point all by itself.
You’re downloading videos every time you watch a video on YouTube.