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submitted 3 months ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Only recently discovered yt-dlp, despite its popularity. However I was wondering if I were to use this, should it be used behind a VPN when downloading videos off public websites?

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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[-] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

You won't get copyright letters, but YouTube might block you, so make sure your IP address isn't permanently attached to you.

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