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Only recently discovered yt-dlp, despite its popularity. However I was wondering if I were to use this, should it be used behind a VPN when downloading videos off public websites?

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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You won't get copyright letters, but YouTube might block you, so make sure your IP address isn't permanently attached to you.