Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by JohnKacz 2907 days ago
Gotta be careful sometimes. At least one tutorial video site I used it on (where an account was needed) I was blocked and had to open a ticket to re-enable my account by promising not to break their ToS which said something explicit about not downloading a bunch of their videos. (I was using it on whole courses and got flagged)
2 comments

Yeah, gotta add && sleep 3600 and go to bed.
i mean... you were breaking the TOS though. that was a risk you presumably are comfortable with.
I’m laughing at the thought of reading the Terms of Service. Anywhere.
knowing that downloading the videos/using them outside of what was expressly intended by the provider would be against the TOS is pretty intuitive though, no?
I would not just assume that downloading courses I paid for is outside the intended purpose.
Right. That's essentially what I was trying to say.