TechCrunch Vs. YouTube

TechCrunch is in a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/huh-youtube-sends-techcrunch-a-cease-desist/">legal fight with Google's YouTube</a> over the right of users to download YouTube videos. YouTube's attorneys claim that TechCrunch's staff violated the site's terms of use by creating a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-movie/">tool that lets users download YouTube videos</a> to their hard drives or <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/14/put-any-youtube-video-on-you

Stephen Wellman, Contributor

November 15, 2006

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TechCrunch is in a legal fight with Google's YouTube over the right of users to download YouTube videos. YouTube's attorneys claim that TechCrunch's staff violated the site's terms of use by creating a tool that lets users download YouTube videos to their hard drives or iPods. TechCrunch's tool is not the only one available on the Internet, but it's certainly the most high-profile. The legal fight is particularly interesting since Google Video lets users download videos from its site.

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