LBRY.io Mirrors UCB Videos on Blockchain

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 03/16/2017 10:07 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> https://lbry.io/news/20000-illegal-college-lectures-rescued
> Today, the University of California at Berkeley has deleted 20,000
> college lectures from its YouTube channel. Berkeley removed the
> videos because of a lawsuit brought by two students from another
> university under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Overall, I think the thought behind the ADA was well-intentioned.

What happened is that Berkeley was sued under the ADA because some of
the videos weren't captioned. Worse, this was legacy content left online
after Berkeley decided not to add new content.

This, to me, is a clear case of unintended consequences, and probably
not what those who drafted the ADA had in mind.

> We copied all 20,000 and are making them permanently available for 
> free via LBRY. Is this legal? Almost certainly. The vast majority of 
> the lectures are licensed under a Creative Commons license that 
> allows attributed, non-commercial redistribution. The price for this 
> content has been set to free and all LBRY metadata attributes it to 
> UC Berkeley. Additionally, we believe that this content is legal 
> under the First Amendment.

I support the preservation effort. BTW, someone needs to tell LBRY they
aren't on Wheel of Fortune and vowels don't cost $250 apiece...

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>
http://www.rantroulette.com
http://www.skqrecordquest.com

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