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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 611cf95f1..e8366f7f9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     Unless mentioned otherwise, the fields should be Unicode strings.
 
+    Unless mentioned otherwise, None is equivalent to absence of information.
+
     Subclasses of this one should re-define the _real_initialize() and
     _real_extract() methods and define a _VALID_URL regexp.
     Probably, they should also be added to the list of extractors.
@@ -279,6 +281,12 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             raw_filename = basen + '.dump'
             filename = sanitize_filename(raw_filename, restricted=True)
             self.to_screen('Saving request to ' + filename)
+            # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see
+            # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx)
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename)
+                if len(absfilepath) > 259:
+                    filename = '\\\\?\\' + absfilepath
             with open(filename, 'wb') as outf:
                 outf.write(webpage_bytes)