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-You can also contact us on the irc channel <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl">#youtube-dl</a>(<a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=youtube-dl">webchat</a>) on freenode.
+You can also contact us on the irc channel <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl">#youtube-dl</a>(<a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&amp;channels=youtube-dl">webchat</a>) on freenode.
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