in reply to Is it legal to use WWW::YouTube::Download ?
YouTube has under "Permissions and Restrictions:
You are not allowed to:So indeed, a "scraper" seems in violation of YouTube's terms and conditions.(...)
3. access the Service using any automated means (such as robots, botnets or scrapers) except: (a) in the case of public search engines, in accordance with YouTube’s robots.txt file; (b) with YouTube’s prior written permission; or (c) as permitted by applicable law;
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