Commerial or non-commercial, thats the question!

I just noticed the "Why buy a licence" box to the right...

you cannot use a JW Player on
(i) a site that has ads;
(ii) a corporate site; or a
(iii) CMS.

Does this mean, I can't integrated the player into a cms like for example MODx, Textpattern, Drupal or Joomla! ?

Thats a serious problem. Not only for me, but for about everyone doing websites nowadays. Proove me wrong, please!

I am running a videostreaming server for a Community College (2 year) for our nursing program.We are streaming pre-recorded material and possibly some original material. What do you consider colleges to be?

"you cannot use a JW Player on
(i) a site that has ads;
(ii) a corporate site; or a
(iii) CMS."

But they also said that an artist site cannot use this plugin as a noncommercial but an artist's site does not have ads, is not corporate (maybe if you're talking Hollywood), and most likely does not use a CMS.

What about anyone who promotes their skills or services on their site?

This is really confusing!

@pepebe - Case 2 is non-commercial as long as NPO is non-commercial.

Also, you left out the most important part of the quote: "IF YOU DON'T BUY A COMMERCIAL LICENSE, you cannot use a JW Player on (i) a site that has ads; (ii) a corporate site; or a (iii) CMS."

This means that you CAN use a JW Player on ANY SITE as long as you buy a commercial license.

@GWCmcraig - non-profit colleges are considered non-commercial.

@Judy - anyone who promotes their skills or services on a site is doing so for commercial purposes, hence those are considered commercial sites.

We have a license for the player.
Can you tell me what is the difference in the downloads of licensed and non-licensed players.

Also if i have make code changes where do i get the code from for licensed version. Is it different from the tagged code.

If i download the code to make modifications, do i need to use the licensed fla files in that to modify?

Please can you clarify my questions.

@MG - the difference between the compiled licensed and un-licensed player is the watermark.

The code for the licensed version, however, is the same source code as the unlicensed.

Thanks Adam...

I writing a .NET app to use commercially. I don't plan on using the JW player found on this site, however I found a .NET control from http://www.beansoftware.com/Free-ASP.NET-Controls/JW-FLV-Control.aspx. They say it's free and there isn't any info. on licensing that I can find. Since they say they use your JW Player, do I need to get a license?

Yes, you still need a license for the player if you're using it on a commercial site.

Is it commercial if the site is a fan site about a tv program?

Hello,
I have a web shop for Hunting Products (xtcommerce shop), and I want to use the flv Player to show how to use some products (for example how work a winch).
Must I pay a licence?
King Regards
Maria

@Dan - Yes, that's a commercial site.

@Maria - Yes, a web shop is a commercial site, hence you must buy a license.

ok, the next question ist: I have 4 shops, but 2 from them are the same, only for another land, I have to pay for 3 or 4 shops? How much cost for 3 or 4 shops if this is my situation?
Another thing, I saw somebody wrote about a watermark, I have not any watermark in my version... what about this?

@Maria - the number of licenses you need is tied to the number of sites, not the number of stores. For instance, if you have one store on abc.store.com and another store on def.store.com, then you only need one license. But if your two stores are on storeabc.com and storedef.com then you need two licenses. Hope this makes sense, please ask if you have more questions.

die situation ist: www.store.de (germany) and www.store.at (austria). The same products, same template, the only diference ist the Vat (19% ans 20%), the use conditions and the domain (.de and .at)

@Maria - you should buy two licenses. There's a discount if you buy a double license on our Order Page here:

https://www.longtailvideo.com/players/order

I am interested in possibly using this player for video display on sections of my university's web presence.

As we are an educational institution, I was wondering if we would be required to purchase a licence.

There are currently only two uses we have for it.

1. A video of a recorded lecture to be accessible only to university members (staff & students)

2. Lecture materials - to be displayed to students

Thanks

hello. I have a blog with my personal tutorials how to use Linux. I use JW flv player some times to show screencasts how to install some software in Linux. I have google adsense on the top of my page just to keep my site working, not for profit. the main ideea of the site is not to obtain money. so do I need also to buy a license??

@JeroenW, but I need a license for this 2 shops plus 1 shop more, another one, from us too. So, I need 3 Licenses, but I see only I can buy 2 or 10, 10 is too much. Must I buy 10 licenses?

Hi Guys,

Have built a site and now wish to incorporate your product, Whilst my site is commercially orientated, ALL and ANY profits derived are used for development and educational programs for youths,

Do I therefore need to purchase a "commercial" license?.
Thanking you in anticipation of your reply.

@Josh - You must buy a commercial license.

@Maria - Please contact us directly using our contact us form http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/contact-us regarding this issue and we'll give you a discount code.

@andre - You must buy a commercial license.

@JarrodR - You do not need to buy a license unless you wish to remove the JW branding from the player.

We operate a 501c3 (NPOTE) that creates, aggregates, and stores VOD for other 501c3's. Do we need to purchase a single or multiple commercial license(s)? I understand that to remove the JW branding a commercial license is needed. If the videos are being played from our site do we need one or more licenses?

@Dimi] - If you are removing the player branding for multiple sites, then you must buy one license for each site that displays the player w/o the branding.

Do you have pricing for unlimited licenses, such as embedding the player in a CMS? The reason I ask the question is that some of our non-profit clients are using the same CMS and that CMS has JWPlayer as its embedded player. I point the user to our site for video acquisition, but the video is played from the CMS which is already an unbranded player. That unbranded player can be modified by using JW Flashvars and I have done so successfully. How do we account for that scenario? Here is the URL of one such site: http://ccc.adventist.org/on-demand-tv . . . Or do we need to count each customer as they come on and pay by the site?

@Dimij - we do offer an enterprise license for CMSs. Please contact us direct @ biz dev [at] long tail video dot com and we'll quote you a price.

Hi,

I am looking to use your product in a website and information CD for a church. The site is to give information about a free course that the church is running for its members. The church is of course a charity.

Do I need a commercial licence for this use? If so then how does putting a copy of the site onto a CD for distribution fit into the 1 licence per site rule?

Thanks.

@Rowan - you are welcome to use the player for free as long as you don't remove any of the JW branding or JW attribution in the right-click. Otherwise, pls contact us about purchasing an enterprise license.

Hello -

I am looking for a MP3 Player for a clients website but I am unclear if a license is required.

This is for an elderly retired musician who simply wants to put their music on their site for people to listen to and download for free.

Does this require a license?

Thank you

Hi, I want to use the player on 2 intranet websites - for showing a movie about one of our community event for example.

It seems to be a non commercial context - could you confirm that license is not needed ?

Thanks in advance for your answer

Do I need a license for a NOT-for-profit organization. That's different than a non-profit. Not-for-profit means that our members are for-profit companies but our association itself makes no money.

Thanks.

Hi,

We are a Foundation part of the public group Universitat de Barcelona and we use Moodle offen. We are considering if we can use the same flv player for our main web. Could we?

Thank you in advance.

@Denise - if the musician still does paid performances or sells any music whatsoever, then a license is required. You can purchase one here:https://www.longtailvideo.com/players/order

@Caisr - As long as the community organization is non-profit, then no license is required. However, you cannot remove any attribution, the right-click link or the watermark.

@SV - Not-for-profit organizations do not require a license. However, you cannot remove any attribution, the right-click link or the watermark.

@Ruben Colon - A public non-profit group does not require a license. However, you cannot remove any attribution, the right-click link or the watermark.

I would like to use JW Player in my band's site. Can I use JW Player with non-commercial license?

Thanks

We are using JW Player in a government site.
There is the possibility to not show the watermark?
There is a license for government?

Is a license required for the social sites? i.e myspace, facebook

Hi, we are a postproduction company using a typo3 generated website (aaron-film.de). a showroom is prepared to be filled. I wonder If a can use your player?

Thanke,

Tobias.

@Tobias - you are welcome to use our player, just make sure that you purchase a separate license for yourself and each of your clients. You'll note that we do sell a 50-site license, however, this license is only good for one company. Hence, if a company owns 50 domains, then they can simply purchase a 50-site license. But if you are using the player for 50 clients, each a different company, then you must purchase 50 separate licenses. Hope this is clear.

@ Adam - we only have 1 site. What would be the price for it? please contact me off-list at tobias.trummer@aaron-film.de if possible.

have a nice day,

Tobias.

We are an IT company and would like to use your wmv player in our intranet portal for General Security Awareness for our employees. This is not for any commercial purpose but only awareness. Let me know if we need to buy a license for this.

Dear Adam,

do we need a licence for the site:
http://wettlauf-um-die-alten.com/

no ads, no commercials, no products, it's a pice of code in a cms field (it's _not_) coupled with cms drupal, the player code only pasted into the textfield by hand.

thanks for your answer,

Andreas

I'm using siteX 0.7.4, it's a GPL-CMS. But you are write,
a CMS needs a license for using JW FLV-Player. But my website is a private page with private videos, so I think, I don't need a commercial license for embedding JW FLV-Player in siteX 0.7.4-CMS. Is it correct, what I mean?

All, I've repeated your questions and provided answers in-line. If you need to purchase a license, you can do so here:

https://www.longtailvideo.com/players/order2

QUESTION from Tobias:
Adam - we only have 1 site. What would be the price for it? please contact me off-list at tobias.trummer@aaron-film.de if possible.

ANSWER:
Tobias, a one-site license is 49 Euros. You can buy it here: https://www.longtailvideo.com/players/order2

QUESTION from Yogesh:
We are an IT company and would like to use your wmv player in our intranet portal for General Security Awareness for our employees. This is not for any commercial purpose but only awareness. Let me know if we need to buy a license for this.

ANSWER:
If you're a for-profit entity or corporation, then a license is required regardless of how you intend to use the player. No exceptions.

QUESTION from CyberCore:
Dear Adam,

do we need a licence for the site:
http://wettlauf-um-die-alten.com/

no ads, no commercials, no products, it's a pice of code in a cms field (it's _not_) coupled with cms drupal, the player code only pasted into the textfield by hand.

thanks for your answer,

Andreas

ANSWER:
I can't read German, but I don't think you need a license as long as you're not a for-profit entity and you're not selling anything or generating any direct or indirect revenue from the site.

QUESTION from Bernie:
I'm using siteX 0.7.4, it's a GPL-CMS. But you are write,
a CMS needs a license for using JW FLV-Player. But my website is a private page with private videos, so I think, I don't need a commercial license for embedding JW FLV-Player in siteX 0.7.4-CMS. Is it correct, what I mean?

ANSWER:
As long as you're not a for-profit entity and you're not selling anything or generating any direct or indirect revenue from your site, we do not require a license.

Hallo Adam LongTail,
thanks for your answer, now I can insert the JW FLV to my side (www.eis-de.de) at first a single flv-player. So I could recommend JW FLV to friends a.s.o
Regards
Bernie

Hello, I'm trying to use JW player for church sermon videos and audios, maybe announcements also. Would this be considered as commercial?. Oh, please say no. Couldn't find a better one all over the net. :-)

I read Rowan's post up there and it seems almost certain that church use is non-commercial. But to make sure that church use is in fact non-commercial and the license is free, I'm posting this thread just minutes before using it. Thanks for the great product in advance. :-)

is a license required for using your player on a government run web site?

if it is not required, is it possibel to remove the watermark with a non licenced solution?

@ bill h3. You are not required to purchase a license for the player if you are using it on a government run website

Pls contact Darjan so that he can provide you w/ a non-watermark version of the player

darjan [at] longtailvideo [dot] com

@ James. If you are using the player and you are a non-profit organization, you do not need to purchase a license for the player

Hi,
Do I need licensed version if I create presentational web site for sportsman (skier)? He will have blog, results, about, pictures, videos (both from competitions), contact and banners from his sponsors on his page.

Best regards,
Gašper

You can use the non-commercial player for this purpose.

What about a trade union website? They said they are non-profit, but they are also non-charitable. The website doesn't sell anything or have ads--it just has news and information concerning current events.

Thanks.

You can use the non-commercial player for this purpose.

Hi all

Adam, Jereon and all at Longtail, thanks for your infinite patience on this issue.

I did come here for clarification on a particular issue which I found clearly, but...

What I think most out there are missing is the link between having a non-attributed / non-watermarked version.

From my (totally unrelated and impartial) position, it seems that anyone can go use a player as long as it retains the attribution UNLESS you are commercial in some nature.

If you are commercial, get a licence for WHEREVER you embed the player. So if, for example, you are a site builder and you host on behalf of your clients, then you need a licence for EACH SITE that you mount the player.

This last bit did take some time to work out (as well as figuring out why our Google stats wouldn't work!)

I'm not meaning to sound bolshy, but really it isn't that hard. If you or your site is making money in some way where the player is embedded then get a licence!. The Longtail guys have been working hard on this stuff for years, help tonnes of people get video going easily for the good of the WHOLE video community so do your bit and pay for the very reasonable fee.

Keep up the good work guys!

Cheers
Rob