It's more murkey than that. As I understand it, all video that is released by the govenment and army is public domain -- but it is not clear exactly how this v

It's more murkey than that. As I understand it, all video that is released by the govenment and army is public domain -- but it is not clear exactly how this video was obtained. In the website they say that they made a freedom of information request but later say they had to decrypt the video. That seems to suggest that the video was not released to them under the freedom of information request and instead an encrypted original was obtained by other means not explained. I doubt any video of recent active combat is going to be declassified and thus available under a FOIR, and if you obtain something illegally/unofficially that doesn't suddenly make it public domain. (to be clear, I'm glad this video is out there - it is an important story being told. But IMHO the distribution status of the video is a reasonable discussion topic none the less)