The operators of YouTube-MP3.org, a popular website for turning the audio tracks of YouTube videos into MP3s, have agreed to shut down the site and hand over the domain to the RIAA. This predictable ...

Long before YouTube Red was a thing, many casual pirates filled their MP3 players with music ripped from YouTube videos. Though the earliest methods of getting this audio were cumbersome, websites ...

The world's most popular stream ripping website, YouTube-mp3.org is being sued by a coalition of music industry groups. They claim the website and others like it are ...

Google has reportedly threatened legal action against a website that allegedly used the YouTube API to turn the audio from YouTube videos into downloadable MP3 files ...

Lawyers from Google/YouTube have been sending cease-and-desist letters to sites that serve their visitors by ‘ripping’ MP3s from YouTube videos. The letters, of which a sample is published on the ...

The days of being able to rip an MP3 file from the audio of a YouTube video are numbered as far as Google is concerned. The search giant apparently sent a letter to one of the biggest offenders, ...

Google is in the process of contacting multiple websites that are used by millions to convert YouTube videos into MP3s. The search giant claims that such services are ...

The largest and most popular stream ripping website in the world, Youtube-mp3.org, has not been functioning for well over a month. It isn't clear if the site will shut down permanently, but other ...

Last year, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) filed a lawsuit against ...

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