• evidences@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

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