HTTP Error 403: Forbidden while downloading videos

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/javascript-module-fundamentals']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.15
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-93-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] javascript-module-fundamentals: Downloading course JSON
[pluralsight:course] javascript-module-fundamentals: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/home/youtube/dev/programs/youtube-dl-2017.09.15/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/home/youtube/dev/programs/youtube-dl-2017.09.15/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2177, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I was trying to download a video for my future reference, which I normally do, and in between the download process was interrupted. On command line a HTTP Error 403 was shown. Further I was asked to raise a bug request. Any help is appreciated.

Note: I have verified that I am on the latest version of youtube-dl.

[MoBattah]

You can download PluralSight videos by finding the video link in the page source. Not sure if that helps you at all.

[ggkr]

if you follow this post you can create a full access account free for 3 months to reproduce and solve the issue.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/subscriptions/vs-pluralsight

[ggkr]

I think the issue is being caused by "I'm not a robot" mechanism.
the behavior and error of this issue seems to be identical to when you try downloading without authentication at all (--username and --password flags)

[VarunVachis]

I think the issue is being caused by "I'm not a robot" mechanism.
the behavior and error of this issue seems to be identical to when you try downloading without authentication at all (--username and --password flags)
How to remove im not a robot mechanism.