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# Stream Rippers Easily Circumvent YouTube Blocking
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/stream-rippers-circumvent-youtube-blocking-efforts/
- Published: 2019-07-22T08:34:32.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-22T08:34:32.000Z
- Description: Last week, YouTube successfully blocked several major stream-ripping sites, according to multiple reports. Now, most of them have found a way to circumvent the blockhead. Stream ripping is currently the number. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/07/stream-rippers-circumvent-youtu
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, YouTube & Video, DIY, DIY musicians, indie, music, music industry, musician, musicians, steam ripping, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

[![YOuTube NO](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4996119200d-200wi "YOuTube NO")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4996119200d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Last week, YouTube successfully blocked several major stream-ripping sites, according to multiple reports. Now, most of them have found a way to circumvent the blockhead. Stream ripping is currently the number one source of ​music ​piracy ​globally.​Here's the update from TorrentFreak:"[Mp3-youtube.download](https://mp3-youtube.download/?ref=hypebot.com) almost instantly announced that it was working on a fix and today the site is working just fine. The same is true for [Dlnowsoft.com](https://www.dlnowsoft.com/youtube-mp3?ref=hypebot.com), which was also blocked last week, as well as the massively popular [Onlinevideoconverter.com](https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/?ref=hypebot.com), which is among the top 200 most-visited sites on the Internet."“To fix the problem, we simply used other servers that are not in the range of IP-addresses blocked by YouTube,” said one operator of a stream-ripping site. “I think the YouTube update is stupid because we will always find a solution,” said another.