Another YouTube Conversion Site Clipped

Hodejo1 writes "[Tuesday] morning we learned that Google fired the first volley against YouTube conversion sites by blocking YouTube-MP3.org's servers from accessing its service and sending a letter threatening legal action. It looks like the fast growing Clip.dj also got the letter based on the note posted on the site: 'We're sorry to announce this, but Clip.dj has shut its service down for good.'"

Comments

That's okay

[Anonymous Coward]

It's okay. I've got a firefox plugin that'll do it for me.

Re:That's okay

[kelemvor4]

It's ok, I've got windows sound recorder.. or any other sound recording program to do it for me.

Re:That's okay

[pla]

Why did this get modded down? I came in here to say pretty much exactly the same thing.

Personally, I use Video DownloadHelper because it applies more generally than just to YouTube; But search the FF addons for "YouTube" and you'll see at least a dozen plugins that will let you download whatever the hell you want. Some even transcode it for you on the fly, for those who can't bother with trying to figure out what to do with a FLV or MKV file.

Give it up, Google - If I can see (or hear) it, I already have a copy. I thought you understood that better than the Big Media morons.

Re:That's okay

[FunkyELF]

Much worse... you'd either be storing raw PCM or you'd be re-encoding.
Better to get the mp3 or aac stream from the .flv or .mp4 file.
ffmpeg -i zomg_justin_bieber_baby_baby.flv -codec copy zomg_justin_bieber_baby_baby.mp3

When are they going to learn?

[medcalf]

If they allow us to see their content, they have to send us the bits in some form. If they send us the bits in any form, we can capture them and convert them to another form. Shut down all conversion sites today and more will be up in a week. Or we will start using browser plugins, or local apps. It is not technically possible to share something digitally without it being able to be captured digitally. It's like using a flashlight and then complaining that the person you're shining it on is using the light to read by, when you only meant to use the light to see them.