When embedding Youtube videos onto my site I sometimes come across this error: “This video contains content from UMG. It is restricted to playback on certain sites.”
I would like to bypass this restriction. How have sites like http://listentoyoutube.com bypassed these restrictions? Also, how would I go about getting my site onto Youtubes list of “playback on certain sites.”?
Those certain sites are going to be sites UMG likes – most likely, their own marketing and news sites. You’re not going to get onto those lists.
If sites like listentoyoutube.com are getting around the restriction, it’s likely by pretending to be a normal YouTube.com visitor. This is almost certainly a violation of the YouTube TOS, and I’d imagine they get blocked regularly.