Yesterday I wanted to watch an age restricted video on YouTube, but I got the following well-known message:
This video or group may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube’s user community.
Sorry, you must be 18 or over to view this video or group.
So I googled the problem and found a website that described how to bypass this restriction. For an example, if I want to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW17DpaJz40, I will get the restriction message. But if I use the URL that the embed code uses, it will work perfectly. Because if I watch an embedded video on someone else’s website, YouTube will not be able to check if I am logged on, and therefore are the embedded videos always watchable that way.
Instead of typing the URL that I wrote earlier, type http://www.youtube.com/v/IW17DpaJz40, with /v/ instead of /watch?v= in the address type http://www.youtube.com/embed/IW17DpaJz40, with /embed/ instead of /watch?v= in the adress. Whoila, it works!
EDIT (May 15, 2011): Youtube has changed the way you embed videos since I wrote this post, and therefore did not the method above work any longer. However, the post has been updated with new, working instructions.