Kick Youtube

I read this in a blog somewhere, but I'm sorry to say that I've forgotten which one. If it was yours, please leave a comment below to let me know.

I didn't post about it right away because I wasn't sure I wanted to talk about ways to illegally download youtube videos. (From the Youtube TOS: "Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners.")

But, this exists, and I know that many teachers will download a video to show in class when youtube is blocked. (Of course, giving the teachers the 'key' to the filter would eliminate that, but that's another story.) So here it is. Kickyoutube.

Here's how it works. When someone sends you the url for a youtube video, simply replace the www. portion of the url with the word kick. It'll look something like this:

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?=...etc etc
New: http://kickyoutube.com/watch?=...etc etc

In a couple moments you're taken to the new site that has the video showing, and a new mennu bar appears above it that contains the names of common file extensions, from mp4 to avi and more. Click the file type you want, then click GO. The word Go changes to the word DOWN. When it does, right-click the word DOWN and choose Save target as...

That simple.

I've no doubt that kickyoutube is also blocked at school, so you'll have to do this at home, too. And, make sure that when you finish showing this to your class you delete it.

There. But I'm STILL not sure about the ethical part of sharing this.