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Recently, a friend informed me that converting YouTube videos to MP3'S is totally illegal, but I have yet to find a clear answer on this. Therefore, has anyone ever converted YouTube videos into MP3, and do you think it is illegal? Why would there be software programs if indeed it were illegal?
Technically illegal. Anyones work, or creation is there property. Some people even post this on the video.
The reason why there are programs to do it, is because people want to do what they want to do.
Cars can go hundreds of miles per hour, but the speed limit signs post limits. Drive in the limits, you are legal, put your foot down no.
Maybe you get caught, pay a fine, maybe you enjoy the power of your car at 110. Smile.
It's not as black and white.
If you are talking a Youtube video of a band with copyrighted information on Youtube? Illegal.
A youtube video of your friends clowning around at the beach and having a wet t-shirt contest or playing Beer Hunter? Not illegal.
Youtube is getting pretty good at protecting copyrighted material from third-party apps that could illegally use it.
I would go one step further; If the video is on a monetized channel - you usually get Youtube ads - then it is certainly against the Terms of Service, if not outright illegal. Probably impossible now based on Youtube's changes.
So, there are clearly some black and white examples: movies, music, television shows, etc.
And there are those that are clearly legal: your own videos, videos from your friend's, clearly legal.
But, in short, like your parents taught you growing up: When in doubt, don't. Or at least question and do the actual research before you do.
I love that explanation. Smile.
I"ve heard of programs that convert them. I don't know of anyone who's
converted a video of their friends at the beach. I think that applies to music.
And that's protected and licensed material, so... Honesty I am so addicted to
iTunes and such that I find it unnecessary to convert.
I'd argue that downloading videos and converting them into MP3 files is the same sort of thing I used to do with records and recording them onto tape with a home stereo. Probably technically illegal, but you know what? I'm doing it anyway because I wanna do what I wanna do. It's for my own use, and I get the good old stuff I like so much.
Okay thanks.
Johndy has a point. I don't know the exact ruling, but one could legally make a backup of CDs or tapes they purchased. As Johndy said, for personal reasons. I don't know how that technically works with Youtube videos.
Anyway I'm glad that SOPA and PIPA flopped a few years ago: there were moves to have border patrol agents check for illicit copyrighted material on devices which obviously flopped, for a whole host of reasons.
While my personal ethics don't allow me to pirate the way that I used to, I certainly wasn't born yesterday: the fact is, the publishing industry has one of the largest lobbies in Congress today. This goes for books, music, movies, etc.
With iTunes and other services now, the reasons most people pirated are going away. Don't know if you want to buy it yet? Listen via iTunes Radio, Pandora, or Jango for awhile. Totally legal.
Want to rent instead, at least for movies? I just rented the Doors movie via iTunes this past weekend, and it cost me all of 3 bucks. Remember that 20 years ago I paid 3 bucks at a video store, and 3 bucks was a lot more then than it is now.
If you're a real audio snob and have to have the highest quality, what can I say: buy it. It's cheaper now than it was 20 years ago, relatively speaking.
Johndy 's a laywer. Nuff said. Smile.
Honestly, people need to get paid for there work. When you recorded something, that something had already been paid for by someone.
When you download YouTube doesn't pay for content.
Okay Johndy , food for argument, but there it is. Smile.
Illegal technically.
On a slight tangent, I got the degree, passed the bar and got my license for a time, but none of that makes you a lawyer if it’s not in your heart, so no, I never was and never will be a lawyer. I’m actually gunna throw everything from law school away, or burn it the first chance I get. Anyway, I think it’s getting more and more difficult for people to be paid for their productions. That’s been true since we started taping records onto cassettes. If you didn’t wanna pay for the album, you went to the library or borrowed a friend’s stuff. Then you taped off of tapes if you had duo cassette recorders. The difference now is that I download stuff onto my computer and put it onto my SD card where I now have the equivalent of about 130 record albums. Or CDs, depending. And the best part about that is that you can get actual live clips of some of the stuff that’s relatively rare. I’m a big fan of the 60s and 70s, and there are some live cuts of some of my favorites from back then that I’ve put onto the card that are really, really good. And now they’re putting entire albums onto Youtube, so I may consider downloading some of those too. If I didn’t do that, I’d simply walk to the library and borrow a bunch of CDs, assuming I can find anything good, and copy them. I’ll buy stuff if I have to, but if I don’t, I’ll do as much downloading as possible until someone puts a stop to it.
See? Smile.
They have tried to put a stop to it. Record company's were in court forever.
Live performances are different because they've been given away when they are performed.
Company's even sued a few people, but that made them look bad, so they don't fight as hard anymore.
You aren't suppose to technically copy stuff from the library either, but people do it. It is why it is in the library, so you can borrow it, not technically steal it. Smile.
Okay, okay.
Smile.
*takes my hat off. Your touch!
Just wanted to tell you this.
Smile.
Just a little from the terms of service. Smile.
4. General Use of the Service—Permissions and Restrictions
YouTube hereby grants you permission to access and use the Service as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:
A.You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the Service or the Content without YouTube's prior written authorization, unless YouTube makes available the means for such distribution through functionality offered by the Service (such as the Embeddable Player).
B.You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Service.
C.You agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate.
D.
for those who are interested I'll make it easy
http://www.youtube-mp3.org
all you do is copy the link of the video your watching on youtube and it converts it automatically to an mp3.
This web site was being threatened to be sood by google about 2 years ago however a patition was done on change.org and was signed by over 2 million people I assume googgle changed its mind after that.
enjoy
Or purchased it! Smile.