New upstream version 2020.03.24

[youtubedl] / README.txt

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 HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 
 These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP
-address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock
-your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address
-already - use the --proxy or --source-address options to select another
-IP address.
+address because of overuse. Usually this is a soft block meaning that
+you can gain access again after solving CAPTCHA. Just open a browser and
+solve a CAPTCHA the service suggests you and after that pass cookies to
+youtube-dl. Note that if your machine has multiple external IPs then you
+should also pass exactly the same IP you've used for solving CAPTCHA
+with --source-address. Also you may need to pass a User-Agent HTTP
+header of your browser with --user-agent.
+
+If this is not the case (no CAPTCHA suggested to solve by the service)
+then you can contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP
+address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already -
+use the --proxy or --source-address options to select another IP
+address.
 
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