Why is youtube-dl blocked

[Keith]

On 11/1/23 2:25 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> In trying to download a video from youtube, using youtube-dl, I got the
> error message
> 
> "
> ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on
> https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see
> https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl
> with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
> "
> 
> Now, trying to go to
> https://yt-dl.org/update
> returns
> 
> "
> Access denied
> 
> Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is
> blocked.
> "
> 
> Now, in that text, the word "ruling" is a hypertext link, that leads toi
> a web page that is in german, with no english option available for the
> web page.
> 
> 
Just put the link URL in google translate. With the chromium browser 
there's popup to auto-translate the page from German to English. I'm 
guessing Google Chrome, or other chromium-based browsers like Opera or 
Brave may do that as well.

Basically, the developer(s) got sued by media companies, lost, and are 
forced to remove the software from the internet.

-- 
Keith