Yes, that's related to copyright and permissions of the material, but what about that first sentence:
*You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content* -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: [email protected] WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just scrutinised the YouTube TOS in detail for the first time. The > clause which says you can't download videos is in 5(B): (my emphasis) > > You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as >> intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted >> under these Terms of Service. *You shall not download any Content unless >> you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service >> for that Content.* You shall not copy, reproduce, make available online >> or electronically transmit, publish, adapt, distribute, transmit, >> broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any >> other purposes *without the prior written consent of YouTube or the >> respective licensors of the Content*. YouTube and its licensors reserve >> all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service and the Content. >> > > We obviously have the prior written consent to reproduce the videos to > Commons. From my reading of the TOS, copying the videos to Commons > shouldn't violate the TOS (in part because it wasn't "downloaded" - though > "download" wasn't explicitly defined in the TOS). > > IANAL. > > > > On 21 January 2014 23:50, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I already started uploading around 15 of them, not reading the ToS >> beforehand. :/ >> >> I used the script youtube2mediawiki.py so I am not sure I technically >> have 'downloaded' the files, at least they have never been on my computer. >> >> /Jan >> >> 21 januari 2014, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> skrev: >> >> Oh I can do it, and I know how to do so technically. I'm just pointing >> out by the letter of YouTube's TOS it's not permitted. :) >> >> -Andrew Lih >> Associate professor of journalism, American University >> Email: [email protected] >> WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com >> BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com >> PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> Andrew Lih, 21/01/2014 06:05: >> >> Thanks for the extensive explanation, and as someone who's helped with >> Wikimania video in the past, I absolutely feel your pain and commend you >> for doing what you have so far. >> >> Downloading from YouTube violates their TOS, though you'll notice people >> do it all the time. >> >> >> I've uploaded thousands of YouTube videos to archive.org, I can do these >> too with no problem. >> >> Nemo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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