Is YouTube mp3 Converter legal?

[Ohio Dem]

It seems to me like it shouldn't be, but I've been told it is. For those who aren't familiar with it, you type the url of a music video, and it converts the audio to mp3, and you can save it on your computer.

What say you, the smartest people on the internet?

[Archae]

1. I use the DVDvideosoft program.

It's free, and does what you want and more.

[hlthe2b]

2. Frankly, I've been surprised that there is so much copyrighted material on YouTube to begin with...

Not just bootleg concerts, but the real deal and video downloads. One would think that would be a ripe target...

SO, I'm guessing it is ok to use. Probably because you can't really get really high resolution in the end product. Certainly passable, though.

[Bloomacom]

3. YouTube-MP3.org

I'm so sorry for the late post. I used youtube-mp3.org to convert YouTube videos before but unluckily it shuts down for illegality. Some organizations hold that all the similar websites are illegal to use as they offer illegally “stream ripped” music and breach YouTube’s Terms of Service. But in other hand, it's should be alright to download anything outside of commercially available music from YouTube. In summary, it depends on how you use it.
By the way, if you want to download videos, these tools and methods are useful:
https://www.converto.io/en
https://goo.gl/U3SH8M
http://www.clipconverter.cc/