You can also use RooVid which will allow you to convert it to a number of different formats and is a Universal Binary app. Oh, and it’s free.

I used to use podtube, but it hasn’t worked for me in months. Not sure what’s up with it.

I think a lot about the copyright problem of items offered on the internet by artists.  Most of the time, of course, they opt to not allow downloads, presenting the reasonable expectation that the material will be for temporary use and not personal ownership (thus protecting the copyright by not putting the item in the public domain).  For the review I did on my blog of Sara Groves’ upcoming album, they specifically asked that the song clips I used be streaming only, for this reason.

But, at the same time, this is only a restriction on a portion of the public (increasingly a minority as more tech-savvy add on programs and services like these arise).  Like it or not, the material is still in the public forum, just as surely as if it were broadcast over airwaves; and just as people have long made tapes of music off the radio, there are a myriad of ways to record/save internet-presented data.  Are the mix tapes illegal?  My understanding is they are not.  By the same token, this would seem to make music “recorded” off of streaming netcasts legal.  But I’m not sure that current law reads this way.

Personally, I will err on the side of personal integrity and for the hard-working artists who made the music.  But, at the same time I’m frustrated with the unreasonable demands for copyright protection that some artists claim inherent to the law, often treading on fair use of purchased materials.  Like I said, for me it can be a conundrum as to what is legally and morally right (not always the same thing).

Sorry if I have caused you to stumble..