I've been working on a music web application that so far always has a prominently displayed YouTube video that is the source of the music.Is there anything in the terms of service for YouTube that say I'm not allowed to hide the player? I'd still let the user control everything via the JavaScript api, and I'd hide it with something like display: none; or something. Is that illegal?
Can I hide an embedded YouTube video or is that against the terms of use?
youtube;terms of use
I'm not a lawyer but I think points 8/9/14 section II - Prohibitions of YouTube TOS suggest you are violating them.8.separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;9.promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;14.use a video player smaller than the minimum video player size set forth in the YouTube API documentation and specifications.I think it makes also sense, some videos shows advertises, so it makes sense their TOS prohibits to hide the video.