Youtube ToS wrote:

The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to:

1. access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders;

Venatus_123 wrote:

Youtube ToS wrote:

The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to:

1. access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders;

Flowermanvista wrote:

Generally, when people say that it's “illegal” to use YouTube music in your project, generally they're referring to two distinct issues:

• The standard copyright stuff that others in this thread have already covered.
  
• The fact that YouTube's Terms of Service forbid you from using any downloader or external software (any YouTube to MP3 site) to download videos without permission from YouTube.
  

Speaking from experience, I have personally downloaded thousands of videos from YouTube using various downloaders and YouTube has never even sent so much as a warning my way - as far as I can tell, it is never enforced. However, if you want to play by the rules, then I suggest that on any video whose music you want to use, you look for an official download link or check the creator's website/socials (if they've linked any) for download links.

As for the copyright stuff, I'll kinda reiterate/clarify what others have said: Generally, you are allowed to use music (even copyrighted music) in Scratch projects, as long as you give appropriate credit (you are able to use copyrighted music because of fair use, a doctrine in U.S. copyright law that allows use of copyrighted material for certain purposes without the permission of the rightsholder.) The big exception to this is a project that only contains music without adding anything to it (a “music sharing project”, as the Scratch Team calls them) - these are most certainly not fair use and the ST removes these projects immediately when they see them. (Of course, it is always preferred to use music licensed under a Creative Commons license or other license that allows for reuse.)

The major caveat of fair use is that it is a defense - so if a company used Scratch's DMCA system to have your project taken down, and you wanted it to go back up on fair use grounds, you would have to go to court to defend your use of the material. However, this is very rare AFAIK, and I don't know of any notable/documented instances of this that weren't by Bandai Namco DMCA'ing a PAC-MAN project.

WARNING: I am not a copyright lawyer. The information provided herein is for informational purposes only, based on my interpretation of the law, and does not constitute legal advice or the creation of an attorney-client relationship. You should always consult a copyright lawyer for questions about copyright, especially if it has anything to do with money.

graham3078 wrote:

i normally use █████.com for downloading music for scratch projects

dhuls wrote:

None of them aren't hubs for malvertisements, so I will not say any.

I think it may be possible to download it from YouTube directly using inspect element, then convert to MP3.

LegoManiac04 wrote:

Venatus_123 wrote:

Youtube ToS wrote:

The following restrictions apply to your use of the Service. You are not allowed to:

1. access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders;

https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/5525585/

Flowermanvista wrote:

Generally, when people say that it's “illegal” to use YouTube music in your project, generally they're referring to two distinct issues:

• The standard copyright stuff that others in this thread have already covered.
  
• The fact that YouTube's Terms of Service forbid you from using any downloader or external software (any YouTube to MP3 site) to download videos without permission from YouTube.
  

Speaking from experience, I have personally downloaded thousands of videos from YouTube using various downloaders and YouTube has never even sent so much as a warning my way - as far as I can tell, it is never enforced.

1. Malvertisements are the main source of danger, so get adblock. If you already have one, use that. But if you don't have one, I'd recommend downloading the Brave Browser. I can't name extensions, but Brave is an application, so I can recommend you that. I'd also recommend setting your adblock to aggressive, unless your yt to mp3 converter won't work with that. While some malvertisements can still manage to slip through, this will block a decent amount of them.
   
2. To check the safety of the site, use MYWOT. Then, look up the URL of your yt to mp3 converter and read the reviews. That will allow you to know what to look out for.
   
3. Change the permissions of sites in your settings. Block camera, microphone, pop-ups, and other things you don't want the converter to access.
   
4. When you use the yt to mp3 converter, remember, your only goal is to get an mp3. Avoid anything else, no matter how tempting it is, such as free things.
   
5. If the site looks extremely sketchy, don't use it. (I once found a site where the background looked like pantone 488c, and it offered a bunch of sketchy fake services.)
   
6. Beware of pop-ups. Youtube to mp3 converters have A LOT of pop-ups. If you get a pop-up saying something along the lines of “Your computer has _ viruses, click here to get rid of them!”, it's fake. Exit out of the tab, or use taskmanager.
   
7. Beware of redirects. Exit out of any redirect site.
   
8. Clear your cache.
   
9. Scan your computer with a trusted antivirus, like malwarebytes.
   
10. Scan your mp3 with virus total.
    

AnimatorsParadise wrote:

I'd recommend downloading the Brave Browser.

AnimatorsParadise wrote:

Clear your cache.

LegoManiac04 wrote:

youtube-dl

Naleksuh wrote:

TOR does not include any ad blockers by default, you would need to install an extension.

testaccount1234 wrote:

from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL as yt
 
def download(link):
	ydl_opts = {"outtmpl": "C:\\Users\\HP\\Downloads\\vids\\%(title)s.%(ext)s", "quiet": True}
 
	with yt(ydl_opts) as ydl:
		ydl.download([str(link)])
 
 
videos = list()
video = ""
while video.lower() != "c":
	video = input("Paste link here (enter \"c\" to exit): ")
	videos.append(video)
 
try:
	videos.remove("c")
except:
	videos.remove("C")
 
 
print()
for link in videos:
   	try:
   		download(link)
   		print("Downloaded " + link)
   	except:
   		print("Failed to download " + link)

graham3078 wrote:

testaccount1234 wrote:

?????? this is just some javascript or something

graham3078 wrote:

?????? this is just some javascript or something

pip install youtube_dl

pip3 install youtube_dl

Chiroyce wrote:

Naleksuh wrote:

TOR does not include any ad blockers by default, you would need to install an extension.

Then AdBlocker extension + Onion routing = extreme security! Those sites will not get your IP address, and your exit node is always random and will change a lot, some may give you some legit downloads for a few months, then they may target you with malware, all in all, youtube-dl is the way, open source, lives in your machine, and uses a command line utility so it's really easy to use with extra arguments with the command.