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YouTube adds the ability to download videos
Obsessable News Feed —
... Conversations: Really great news from YouTube (Lessig Blog) [lessig.org] ...
Download Obama from YouTube
VentureBeat —
... Now I don’t see this feature on the videos on the House or Senate channels, but Harvard Prof. and Obama adviser Lawrence Lessig says the feature is being rolled out slowly, first on “open goverment”-related videos, then more generally. I’m not sure if that means you’ll soon be able to download, say, your favorite music vieos or TV show clips from YouTube; it would be pretty amazing if that was the case. ...
(Some) YouTube videos get download option
Webware.com —
... Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig seems to be the first to have noticed the new option, and says it will be spreading out to other government-uploaded videos. I've pinged Google to see if and when the option will be made available for everyone else's videos--and am still waiting to hear back. ...
Downloads Finally Coming to YouTube Videos?
Mashable! —
... Lawrence Lessig has spotted an interesting new feature on President-Elect Obama’s Weekly Address on YouTube: an option to download the video to your computer. Under the streaming video sits a “click to download” link, which saves the video in mp4 format. ...
Weekly Blog Highlights: YouTube Gets Into the Limelight, Again
(Obsolete Feed) —
... Although not yet officially announced, some YouTube users noticed a new link that appeared below the video player on YouTube. The link says -> “Click to Download”. And yes, you guess it right, you can now download some YouTube videos in MP4 format to your PC. We cannot ascertain yet the conditions for videos to have that link. So, we will have to wait for official announcement from YouTube if there will be any. In the meantime check out some of your favorite videos in YouTube to see if the link is already displayed. ...
YouTube slowly rolls out new download feature
Boy Genius Report —
Good news to the legions of viewers who spend hours each day glued to a computer display watching videos of cats falling asleep - soon the fun won’t have to stop when connectivity drops. That’s right people, it appears as though the YouTube team is in the process of implementing a video download feature. Sure, there are already about 6,000 different ways to download videos from YouTube but none are as fast and simple as a tiny link beneath the player. To start things off, Google is allowing viewers to download a bit of political content but ...
Users are now able to download videos straight from YouTube
Gadgetell —
... Recently, YouTube has added this feature to select political videos, but they plan to add this feature to all other videos.
It’s about time YouTube has added this feature, and I’m sure many are already taking advantage and downloading political videos, such as President-Elect Barack Obama’s weekly address. Whenever all videos come with the “Click to download” link, I’m sure it will be widely received.
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YouTube Tests Video Downloads
Google Operating System —
... have a small download link below the player. "YouTube is rolling this out slowly, initially with content that aspires to be consistent with principles of open government. I'm told it will be offered more generally. In any case, it is an important development. There have always been hacks for slurping down YouTube videos. But it is a valuable step that YouTube encourages and supports this sharing," notes Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University. ...
YouTube tests video download on President Obama’s Weekly Address
D' Technology Weblog —
... have a small download link below the player. “YouTube is rolling this out slowly, initially with content that aspires to be consistent with principles of open government. I’m told it will be offered more generally. In any case, it is an important development. There have always been hacks for slurping down YouTube videos. But it is a valuable step that YouTube encourages and supports this sharing,” notes Lawrence Lessig. ...
YouTube Introduces Video Download Feature
Today @ PC World —
... were available, but this implied having a separate player that would be able to play .flv files - not a very common multimedia format. And of course, after some additional conversion work, you could put the video on your iPod or other music/video player. Not quite as easy as it sounds - but things are changing now. The YouTube video download feature was first mentioned on Lawrence Lessig's blog , who is a Stanford University Law Professor and also an adviser to Obama. He says, "YouTube is rolling this out slowly, initially with content that aspires to be consistent with ...
YouTube Rolling Out (Obama) Downloads
NewTeeVee —
... Change has come… to YouTube, which started rolling out the option of downloading certain videos instead of just streaming them. Lawrence Lessig broke the news on his blog over the weekend. By all accounts, it seems as though the downloads are limited to videos from Barack Obama’s ...
YouTube Adds Some Downloads—And Possibly Some Revenue With Purchase Option
paidContent —
... After a quiet start, YouTube is expanding its roster of downloadable videos—and putting some up for sale in a small test. Viewers have been able to download select videos since mid January, when YouTube previewed the option on Barack Obama's ChangeDotGov channel (via the Lessig Blog). Google Operating System's Alex Chitu ...
