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NASA Plus Streaming: "our new ad-free, no cost, family-friendly streaming service unlocks our Emmy award-winning live coverage, embeds you into our missions through new original video series" (www.nasa.gov)
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[–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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 :)

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