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Youtube-DL Error web page

Why when use Youtube-dl on linux ubuntu server many link generate this output?

[youtube] Setting language 
[youtube] Lj1wqKh8dxI: Downloading video webpage ERROR: unable to download video
                       webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Solution

  • The video in question is blocked from many locations. You (or more precisely, the geolocation of your IP address) have to be in the US to watch the video.