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It seems everyday web is turning into ask permission before you do anything environment. Companies instead of hiring competent technical person, spend money on lawyers and lawsuits.

It is scary for someone who grew up on 90s' Internet. Not sure what was in the bucket, but in 90s and 2000s, it was common to link to various resources on the web. My friend in college ran a popular forum where people shared direct links to video games, softwares, pdfs, etc. It, of course, facilitate piracy, but not everything linked there was illegal.

I run a blog where I curate and embed YouTube videos. Yes I am using their official embed code. Using standard http protocol to link to a resource on the web is official way to link. If they were bypassing url signature or something similar, then I can see how they were violating terms and conditions of that bucket owner.