Repository: youtube-dl
Issue: [IMDB] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Labels: broken-IE,pending-fixes

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## Checklist

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- [x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
- [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17**
- [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
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## Verbose log

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 [debug] System config: []
 [debug] User config: []
 [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
 [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2580586009']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.6.9 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-176-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19-tara
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.8, ffprobe 3.4.8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[imdb] 2580586009: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)



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When executing the command line : 

/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -v https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2580586009

the problem occurs.