Fair Use Download

Fair Use Download

Download videos in pages like youtube for Fair Use purposes.

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Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-04
By: Thann
Users: 146
Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2020-11-16)
Creation date: 2020-11-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • http://localhost/
Size: 7.73K
URLs: Website
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Summary

In the USA, copyright law explicitly states that the use of copyrighted works: "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright". The purpose of this extension is to allow users to exercise their right to Fair Use.

Powered by play-with-mpv which requires several dependencies, see website for more info.

  1. Install this chrome extension
  2. Install Python 2 or 3 and pip
  3. Install server: pip install git+git://github.com/thann/play-with-mpv --user
  4. Run server: play-with-mpv from the terminal or use the linux shortcut
  5. (optional) Autostart on linux: cp ~/.local/share/applications/thann.play-with-mpv.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
Safety
Risk impact

Fair Use Download is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Fair Use Download may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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