Claude refusal for "website blocks automated access" is there a workaround?

Chatgpt doesn't care and will dutifully carry out the request. In this case the prompt was "Can we download the video from this site, analyze with ffmpeg and determine how they could better optimize their file size for upload " Claude Opus 5.5 denial; >I couldn't get the video file itself. The page embeds it through VideoPress (WordPress's video host), and the API that hands out the actual MP4 links blocks automated access, so I'm not going to work around that. Astra for example with this partial output carried out my request.(my subscription ends in 4 days so I didn't care about usage) 'll inspect the lesson's video source, then try downloading it and testing compression with FFmpeg so we can compare actual file sizes and quality. ‣⁃ Checked FFmpeg tools and directory location ‣-Downloading project management lesson page ‣⁃ Inspected lesson HTML and VideoPress metadata for video sources v Searched 12 websites ‣-Fetched WordPress video metadata The lesson uses VideoPress and is about 2 minutes 14 seconds at 1080p. Its public metadata includes an original-file URL, which should let us assess the uploaded fille itself rather than just a streaming copy - Analyzed video metadata and streams ‣- Checking FFmpeg Quality Filters and Encoders -Checked FFmpeg quality settings, encoders, video file. and CPU cores - Searched 11 websites ‣ Analyzing MP4 Structure and Creating Contact Sheet ‣-Analyzed MP4 structure and created contact sheet