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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if US government IP is legally allowed to be DRM'd.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Not only is it not allowed to be DRM'd, "US government IP" is itself an oxymoron: stuff published by the government is Public Domain, so it doesn't even count as "intellectual property [sic]" to begin with.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, it’s paid for by taxpayers, so it’s all fair use.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Edit: I realize from the replies that my point was off base and actually opposite of the debate here. I'm going to leave this in its place, but thanks to the responders that showed me this wasn't the right place to make the point I was trying to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Govt research grants are not videos literally being published by the govt. They aren't particularly comparable siuations. It's why I can't just buy a stock of Disney and suddenly have free access to their IP. Meanwhile I can rehost whole programs put out by NASA with zero issue.

I get the anger and it's justified, but man is it misdirected here.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, thank you. You gave a more detailed answer than I did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I agree and I've updated my comment. 🙂

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 2 points 1 year ago

No, I was specifically talking about their media content. Pictures, videos, etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This would only be true in the US. What about the rest of the world?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

In this case, free in the rest of the world as well.

They could geo-lock it if they wanted, but that's not the road NASA likes to take in general.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 1 points 1 year ago

Good question. I think as long as you can already access the NASA app, NASA TV (it’s on YouTube, too), and NASA’s websites, then this should be no different. IIRC one press release said they wanted to share their content “with the world”, so it sounds like that’s a yes, but again I’m not 100% sure. Hopefully we find out in a few days :)