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copied!<p>I believe that this is a grey area. In general, you are not allowed to download copyrighted videos without paying for them. The official YouTube stance is rather interesting. This link tells you <a href="http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56100" rel="nofollow">http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56100</a> that it is <strong>not supported</strong> except in <em>one</em> instance, that is, if you are downloading your own videos. </p> <p>It then goes on to list various restrictions and policies on downloading your own videos. Note however, that <strong>not supported</strong> does not mean <strong>debarred</strong>. For further reading, please visit this link: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9936833-46.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9936833-46.html</a> which is more readable for the general audience than a litany of policies. Therefore, in response to your questions:</p> <ol> <li><p>This is in a grey area. Your application may or may not be rejected. Organizations are cracking down on copyrighted videos up on websites like YouTube. However, YouTube does not explicitly <em>debar</em> your application. A cursory Google search will reveal that there are many applications which allow you to download YouTube videos. For ethical concerns, I will not post any here.</p></li> <li><p>What do you mean when you say "this data"? If all you are interested in are usage and view statistics of users on YouTube then I urge you to look at the YouTube API where you can do all this fun stuff without resorting to downloading a whole bunch of videos in your application.</p></li> </ol>

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