I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to:
access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as specifically permitted by the Service; (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders; or (c) as permitted by applicable law;
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access the Service using any automated means (such as robots, botnets or scrapers) except: (a) in the case of public search engines, in accordance with YouTube’s robots.txt file; (b) with YouTube’s prior written permission; or (c) as permitted by applicable law;
Emphasis mine. Other services used by youtube-dl will have different terms, of course, but it's not named after them.
I use youtube-dl myself for some purposes but what you're claiming is similar to when people post music videos and disclaim them with "no copyright infringement intended" in the description, and it won't stand a legal test.
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I think either missing out the bit about copyright (which you've done now) and leaving it to stand on its own, or reinforcing the point that the use of such a program may or may not be legal depending on your jurisdiction, purpose and the terms of the particular website you're scraping.
You can claim whatever you like about copyright, but YouTube's terms and conditions include the following:
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Emphasis mine. Other services used by youtube-dl will have different terms, of course, but it's not named after them.
I use youtube-dl myself for some purposes but what you're claiming is similar to when people post music videos and disclaim them with "no copyright infringement intended" in the description, and it won't stand a legal test.
Then what needs to be changed in this ?? Can you explain a little bit about that ??
I think either missing out the bit about copyright (which you've done now) and leaving it to stand on its own, or reinforcing the point that the use of such a program may or may not be legal depending on your jurisdiction, purpose and the terms of the particular website you're scraping.
So now it is good to go right ??