Unable to download JSON metadata for Password Protected embedded vimeo video

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youtube-dl -v https://vimeo.com/user37284429/review/138823582/c4d865efde --video-password holygrail
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://vimeo.com/user37284429/review/138823582/c4d865efde', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.06.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo:review] 138823582: 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; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 390, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1950, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 437, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 475, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
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I am getting a "Unable to download JSON metadata:" error when trying to download a password protected embedded Vimeo video. I believe the embed code is in the url, and I used the correct command for passwords.

The input and the verbose output are copied and pasted below. I put the password below so the issue can be completely replicated.

youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/user37284429/review/138823582/c4d865efde --video-password holygrail --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/user37284429/review/138823582/c4d865efde', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.06.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-8-6.2.9200
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo:review] 138823582: 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; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 390, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1950, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[yan12125]

Thanks for the report. Passowrd-protected videos will be supported again in the next version.