[Open-access] February 25 is [[Copyright transfer agreement]] day

[Kuan Hon]

On 26/02/2012 15:01 Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Daniel Mietchen<
> daniel.mietchen at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Next twist to the story - the file has now been nominated for deletion:
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Scientist-meets-publisher-English.ogv
>>
>> Oh dear. What a world we live in.
>
>
>> Could it be that Alex didn't have the right to release the video under
>> CC0 if it was produced using the Xtranormal software, even though he
>> paid for using it?
>>
>> Xtranormal's terms of service are at http://www.xtranormal.com/tos/ .

Has anyone asked Xtranormal?

Their TOS isn't the clearest (very few are!) but further down that page 
it says:

'Please note that if you want to create a video, post it on YouTube to 
benefit from their advertising revenue sharing program you do not need a 
“Business” or “Reselling” account.'

This suggests that they might regard 'personal use' as including posting 
online for free, *without* benefit of ad revenue. Or even if they don't, 
maybe they'll consent to the Wikimedia posting anyway - great free 
publicity for them?

Kuan