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YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI (itsfoss.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] evidences@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

Going to YouTube and having your browser download the video so you can watch it would be an approved way to download the video, making further copies of it more than likely not.

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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

YT-DLP doesn’t make further copies. It downloads a video file from YouTube the exact same way your browser does.

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