Why I don't trust Video DownloadHelper byTanner Williamson. A very popular addon extension for Mozilla Firefox, Video DownloadHelper, allows users to easily save and convert media originally embedded into web content into a file stored on their local machine for offline playback.

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A very popular addon extension for Mozilla Firefox, Video DownloadHelper, allows users to easily save and convert media originally embedded into web content into a file stored on their local machine for offline playback.

Typically when software publishers desire to make their works available online, whether for free or for a fee, they seek to publish legal documentation for inclusion of the application clearly indicating that the program is copyrighted, and to identify their terms and conditions of modification to their work by third parties, including any limitations or bounds set by them.

It is very common for software creators to make their works available for free, and to even allow modification and redistribution of the modified version of their original creation. However they ultimately still want to get credit of their work if a third party does in fact modify their work for redistribution.

Understanding that, an organization known as Free Software Foundation, Inc. has made available [free of charge] legal licenses to be applied to works created at the creators digression, which permit the end user to use, modify, and redistribute the software creation within the set boundaries and limitations of the legal document of the creators choosing.

When going through the installation process of software, I give great heed to the legal licenses displayed on the condition of installation and use. Having learned from experience, I typically keep my eyes prone to searching for anything out of the ordinary, as I have found that many software publishers attempt to sneak in legal agreements permitting 3rd party advertising and data harvesting software, which the average user would not notice if they are simply clicking through the installation.

That said, I found some topics of interest in the legal documentation for Video DownloadHelper’s sister software package “ConvertHelper” which is required for the Mozilla Firefox addon “Video DownloadHelper” as it enables the extraction and transcoding of the common formats of embedded media.

If a the creator of a work feels it sufficiently important and of great value to him to include legal documentation protecting their work while still permitting modifications and redistribution within set bounds, I would expect that work’s creator to pay the same attention and heed to the legal documentation which they are including with their work. After all, why would one go through the trouble of providing legal documentation protecting their rights and setting bounds for the end user’s rights, if they didn’t care about what was done with their work.

Let us examine the legal document as found in the latest version (version 2.2 at the time of this posting) of “ConvertHelper” published by “downloadhelper.net”.

The beginning or top of the legal agreement is where the normal license would begin, and as the creator has at least placed this wording from the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE of the Free Software Foundation, Inc., it has been omitted from this article below as the standard expected wording is beyond the scope of this article. Rather, we are focusing on the discrepancies between the creators attempts at making his work look as legitimate as possible.

At the bottom of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE is where the eyebrow-raisers start to surface. The creator of “Video DownloadHelper” obviously cares enough to make his work look as legitimate as possible, however did not care enough to review the licensing documentation which he was including with his work. The following was not ment to be included in the installer, but was meant for his viewing and acknowledging only.

The Warrant:

I’ve included some screen shots of the content in question, as well as a textual copy of it as well. In the textual content, the obviously illegitimate information I have bolded for easier locating. It seems to me like the works’ creator is obviously not so anxious to claim the content copyrighted while withholding identity of the works’ legally recognized copyright holder.

'How to apply these terms to your new programs.'

'One line to give the program's name, and a brief description of what it does. Copyright year and name of author.'

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'Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program 'Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. Ty Coon, April First 1989, Ty Coon, President of Vice'

—BEGIN DOCUMENTATION—
How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.

To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

<one line to give the program’s name and a brief idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>

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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:

Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w’.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `show c’ for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w’ and `show c’ should show the appropriate
parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
be called something other than `show w’ and `show c’; they could even be
mouse-clicks or menu items–whatever suits your program.

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:

Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
`Gnomovision’ (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.

<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
Ty Coon, President of Vice

This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine libra