Add support for PowVideo.net

[saidma]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2016.04.19. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.04.19
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.16.0-70-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.18-6, avprobe 9.18-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] zoqp22jp5bvu: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] zoqp22jp5bvu: Downloading webpage
[generic] zoqp22jp5bvu: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1374, in _real_extract
    doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 279, in compat_etree_fromstring
    doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=etree.TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 268, in _XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 25, column 17
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 671, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 341, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2044, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu

<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu

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[dstftw]

This looks like copyrighted content. youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. Do they have rights to distribute this? If not provide an example URL that does not violate any copyrights.

[saidma]

Ok, changed url.

[yan12125]

http://powvideo.net/zoqp22jp5bvu looks like a copyrighted video, too. Does the site buy copyrights from the original authors of the video?

[Hrxn]

Looks like just another random video hosting site..

[saidma]

The film was financed with crowdfunding.

[saidma]

If is an amateur video of a person dancing at home, how will we know if the host is allowed to host the video? The authors of the film does not claim copyright to the hosts. In fact, on Youtube there are hundreds of modified versions of the film. In fact, this video is a version with modified audio, fandubbed to spanish language, nonprofit. https://www.youtube.com/results?q=kung+fury&sp=EgIYAg%253D%253D

[yan12125]

Sorry for the late response. For videos in which people dancing home: in my experience such videos are usually uploaded by the recorder, so the hosting website have legal rights to distribute it. However, for this video, Wikipedia says it's produced by Laser Unicorns. I guess it's copyright is owned by Laser Unicorns, too. The YouTube version you've mentioned is uploaded by Laser Unicorns, so it seems like a legal copy. On the other hand, there's no clue that the one on powvideo.net is also a legal copy.

[VertigoRay]

http://powvideo.net/tos

In conjunction with Powvideo.net's Intellectual Property Policy, an affiliate account for which Powvideo.net receives one DMCA notification of potential copyright infringement will be permanently suspended. After suspension, the affiliate account can only be restored in one of two ways: 1) the affiliate account holder files a DMCA counter notification; or 2) the affiliate account holder visits the Powvideo.net Copyright Education page, and takes and passes the associated quiz.

Seems similar to YouTube's rules on copyright.