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(Unverified)Dec 14th 2009 8:22AM
Hey folks. Try reading the TOS properly. It doesn't say that you can't download. It says you can't download etc. for any purpose other than personal use.
Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only...
This means this is what the content is for: personal use. This merely sets the limit of use.
...and may not be downloaded, copied, modified, produced, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, translated, published, performed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners.
This describes that you may not download and etc. for ANY OTHER PURPOSES. Which means you can't build another site and post or stream this content for profit, you can't sell it and or use it for commercial use etc.
In no way does this suggest that downloading from YouTube is against the TOS. It merely states how you may use the site and how you may not. Personal use good; non-personal use a violation or the TOS.
leeDec 14th 2009 8:54AM
Jay, it also says this:
B. You may access User Submissions solely:
for your information and personal use;
as intended through the normal functionality of the YouTube Service; and
for Streaming.
You can't really stream a downloaded clip, right?
Long story short: they're going to need to clean up some confusing points.
(Unverified)Dec 14th 2009 9:16AM
I agree with that point and have no argument there but the basis of the post and the argument posed was based on the quote I cited. Under those terms it is in fact a TOS violation.
leeDec 14th 2009 9:16AM
In hindsight, yeah, I should've been more awake when choosing the YT TOS snippet...but I based my post on the Gallery TOS, not Youtube's, and there's no question it violates that. :)