Pluralsight free user exception

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '-
-verbose', '--sleep-interval', '120', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/cours
es/angular-http-communication/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1256, fs mbcs, out cp720, pref cp1256
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.09.26
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] angular-http-communication: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: Angular HTTP Communication
[pluralsight:course] playlist Angular HTTP Communication: Collected 39 video ids
 (downloading 39 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 39
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in
ERROR: Unable to log in; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Mak
e 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcaq35cl9\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcaq35cl9\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 506, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcaq35cl9\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 410, in initialize
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcaq35cl9\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\pluralsight.py", line 164, in _real_initialize
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcaq35cl9\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\pluralsight.py", line 211, in _login
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to log in; please report this issue on h
ttps://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 includ
e its complete output.
...
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I think you are missing the login response for free users, I attached the response.txt when a free user logs in. Since free users can still have some free courses to watch, youtube-dl should support them as well.

I suggest adding an exception for them in pluralsight.py at the end of _login method line 199:

if all(p not in response for p in ('__INITIAL_STATE__', '"currentUser"')) 

or ?may be a free user?:

            BLOCKED = 'Your account has been blocked due to suspicious activity'
            if BLOCKED in response:
                raise ExtractorError(
                    'Unable to login: %s' % BLOCKED, expected=True)
            MUST_AGREE = 'To continue using Pluralsight, you must agree to'
            if any(p in response for p in (MUST_AGREE, '>Disagree<', '>Agree<')):
                raise ExtractorError(
                    'Unable to login: %s some documents. Go to pluralsight.com, '
                    'log in and agree with what Pluralsight requires.'
                    % MUST_AGREE, expected=True)
                
            raise ExtractorError('Unable to log in')

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