Most Famous YouTube Audio Converter Site Shut Down

Most Famous YouTube Audio Converter Site Shut Down 

Youtube-mp3.org (YTMP3), a popular YouTube-ripping site was taken to court by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with intentions to see the site burn forever and pay a sum of $150,000 (€126,172) for each copyright infringement.

Now, it has been reported that the RIAA has won the case leading to a settlement between both parties which includes the transfer of the website to one of the record labels; meaning this is the end of it and time to say good bye to one of the best known YouTube-ripping platforms.





AppleInsider reported yesterday that Apple removed ProTube from App Store following complaints by Google’s YouTube. Remember, Kickass Torrents was also shut down in 2016 leading to the arrest of its owner with the help of Apple and Facebook.

YouTube MP3 allowed users to convert any YouTube video file to MP3 without needing to register an account or providing their personal or financial details. All a user needed was to insert the video link in the “convert bar” and click on “Convert Video” to download the MP3 file.

“Plaintiffs are informed and believe and on that basis allege, that the YTMP3 website is one of the most visited sites in the world, has tens of millions of users, and is responsible for upwards of 40% of all unlawful stream ripping of music from YouTube in the world.”