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G+_Michael A. Curtis
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Anyone can download and repost TWIT

It seems that Leo's confused over the legalities of other people’s reuse of TWIT shows.  On the most recent episode of TWIT (464) Leo was trying to claim that it is illegal for anyone to download any TWIT show and rebroadcast it.  About 20 minutes into the show Leo was stating that because TWIT listener numbers can’t be tracked with such a reuse of TWIT that TWIT has legal recourse when anyone does downloads the show and rebroadcasts it.

 

Has Leo forgotten that TWIT is licensed under a Creative Commons License, specifically CC By NC SA?  This license very clearly stipulates that anyone can reuse any TWIT content as long as they attribute the source, don’t use it for commercial purposes, and that any reuse that involves remixing, transforming, or building upon the material must be distributed under the same Creative Commons license.

 

The license under which TWIT is published has no limit on the right to copy, cache or ability to monitor or track the number of listens contrary to Leo’s claims otherwise.

http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/464

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Christopher Bell The CC By NC SA does prevent commercial use.  

 

Jeremy Oelke Leo did mention one guy that was redistributing TWIT shows for a profit but he was also speaking more generally of the act of downloading and reposting TWIT content regardless of commercial gain.  Leo's concern was that any reuse, commercial or otherwise, is not trackable by TWIT and that he should have legal recourse if anyone downloads and redistributes the TWIT material.  If that is how Leo feels then he should not have published the content under a license that legally grants permission for reuse.

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Which portion do you mean Christopher Bell ?

The terms of the license are quite clear:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use

 

NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

 

ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

 

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

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