Philip Matesanz, a 21-year-old German student studying computer science, believes that it should be easy to convert YouTube videos into downloadable .mp3s. His website, youtube-mp3.org, allows its more than one million daily users to do exactly that.

Google, however, disagrees. Last month, it reportedly sent Matesanz a cease-and-desist, claiming that his site?s function violates YouTube?s terms of service. The site is still up, but it no longer works as advertised.

In response to Google?s threat of legal action, Matesanz did two things: he turned to two experts in Germany to examine his case (they have produced reports defending Matesanz) and he asked his users and supporters to sign an online petition defending his site.

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Suhel Reviewed by Suhel on . 770,000 Users Demand YouTube-to-MP3 Conversion [UPDATED] Philip Matesanz, a 21-year-old German student studying computer science, believes that it should be easy to convert YouTube videos into downloadable .mp3s. His website, youtube-mp3.org, allows its more than one million daily users to do exactly that. Google, however, disagrees. Last month, it reportedly sent Matesanz a cease-and-desist, claiming that his site?s function violates YouTube?s terms of service. The site is still up, but it no longer works as advertised. In response to Google?s Rating: 5