Embedding license

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Posted: Wed, 2011-12-28 17:50 Alex

Hello,

I am writing a business case to replace a flash player with the JW Player for the company I work for. I am a bit confused with the licenses however.

It is a web tv company, so the player, the code and content is owned by it. It has about 10 domains, but there are several major blogs that embed the player to show our video content frequently. Not like Youtube with a choice of more videos at the end of playback, but single video embedding (if that makes sense).

So I am wondering if those blogs require a license as well, or is it just the actual "providers" of all the content (ie our sites) that need them? The same question applies to OVA and the other plugins that we might require.

Thanks a lot for the great job you're doing! I have enjoyed working with your player in the past and that's why I wanted to recommend it to my new employer :)

Br,
Alexander

Posted: Wed, 2011-12-28 19:36 Darjan

Alex,

You only need a license for domains that you own. You don't need to acquire additional licenses for one-off embeds. For example, if a user embeds a video from your website to his or hers then you don't need a license for this instance. It would be quite problematic to keep track of this :)

Cheers,

Darjan

Posted: Thu, 2012-01-05 15:02 Alex

Hello again and thank you for the reply,

I think you missunderstood me a bit :)
I mean that there are a few blogs that embed these videos quite often. They are practically built on embedding videos or links to videos etc. Would heavy embedding sites require a license as well or not?

Thanks,

Alex

Posted: Thu, 2012-01-05 15:51 Darjan

Alex,

It's difficult to give you an accurate answer because the scenario you lay out for me is a bit of a greyzone.

For example, let's say two webmasters who are friends purchase one license for www.sports.com, which is a general website about sports. All of the videos are originally posted on this site.

The second webmaster also has a website about basketball called www.basketball.com and he or she embeds all basketball related content from www.sports.com to this website.

Is a license required? I think you can make a case for both yes and no. This is why we operate on the honor system-- hoping our customers do the right thing in regards to obtaining licenses for various use-cases with the JW Player.

This is why we offer heavily discounted license packs for multiple domains. A 50-site license is discounted at 96% compared to purchasing single site licenses.

Maybe my answer isn't the best one but I hope, at least, that I'll give you some sense of direction as to how we operate with the license requirements.

Best,

Darjan

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