With great power comes great responsibility
Know where you stand with copyrighted media
Uncle Ben was right (or was it Voltaire?): If you have open source software, Spidey-sense, or any other remarkable ability, use it wisely.
Sourcefabric believes open source means free speech. We also believe in giving credit where credit is due. And in the case of copyrighted material, that means properly licensing and, yes, paying for the right to use that material.
Sourcefabric works hard to make sure your media gets to your audience whether they are online, in print or on air. We love seeing inspiring projects build audiences, create communities and provide diverse voices in the global media. We want you to continue doing great work, but because regulation of copyright can be confusing, we want to remind you of your responsibilities.
In a nutshell, you are responsible for licensing any media you publish or broadcast. This is part of our Terms of Service: "Audio, text, photos, video, audio, graphics, comments, code, links, software or other data and information that you broadcast, publish, store, exchange, upload or make available via your Platform is your responsibility."
If you haven't looked at our ToS lately (or ever), do yourself a favor and do so now. We hate to see good work go to waste, so please study copyright regulation in the countries where you operate and where plan to distribute your media. Regulations vary from country to country. If you're not sure what rules apply to you, get resourceful and find out. You might start with the Worldwide Intellectual Property Organisation.
If you properly license all your media and you still run into trouble, we'll try to help. And you can be sure we'll be in touch with you if we receive any complaints. Violating applicable copyright laws is a violation of our Terms of Service. And while we never want to cancel anyone's service, we also don't want to be involved in the theft of intellectual property.
- For more information on our terms of service and privacy policy check out the Privacy and Data page on our website.