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Stephen Hawking helped us create this show and today we’re releasing it for free

60 points by chrisfrantz 9y ago

rambojazz 9y ago
"for free" means that I can watch it at no cost, or are you releasing it with a free license as well (such as CC-BY-SA)?
- chrisfrantz 9y ago
  We're releasing these outside the paywall available to watch at no cost until Friday, March 23rd. I'm pretty sure there's no creative commons license attached, so the intended use is streaming on our domain which would preclude downloading or embeding on a different domain. I'll try and have some copyright terms added to the page tomorrow so it is more clear on first glance.
devwastaken 9y ago
This is really great. What would make it better is if there wasn't a huge watermark, and there were subtitles. In education especially I think it'd help a lot to put text to Steven's voice. I think immersion is very effective, and so far the modern effects are delivering well.
- chrisfrantz 9y ago
  Subtitles are on their way. We should have them up in a few hours. Unfortunately, we need to watermark our content outside the paywall. I do agree the watermark could probably be a bit smaller, we'll try and take that into account in future releases.
- chrisfrantz 9y ago
  Subititles have been added. To activate them click the CC button in the bottom of the player.
  - devwastaken 9y ago
    Excellent. There is a delay between when subs first show and the first word is spoken in a line, but I know its tedious work by itself. Great job on this guys.
UncleEntity 9y ago
> Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here. Well...so much for that. Pizza anyone?
- deleted 9y ago
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- chrisfrantz 9y ago
  Hey UncleEntity, We're hosting the videos on Vimeo and we have a few whitelisted domains but we're not allowing the video to be embedded offsite. That is the only restriction we placed on these videos. Otherwise, the videos should be globally available. Let me know if you're still having trouble (chris@curiositystream.com) and I'll send you a free account to watch the videos directly on our own platform.
  - King-Aaron 9y ago
    > Sorry Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here. Seeing the same here, there doesn't seem to be any links to direct the user straight to the Vimeo page.. I'm trying to access from Australia btw
- AllegedAlec 9y ago
  It worked for me after disabling PrivacyBadger
- mlok 9y ago
  it worked for me when I authorized cookies in Privacy Badger for this domain : cdn.embedly.com
iffycan 9y ago
These are fun. Just the right amount of silly mixed in with breathtaking graphics and Hawking's commentary. Thanks!

60 points by chrisfrantz 9y ago

"for free" means that I can watch it at no cost, or are you releasing it with a free license as well (such as CC-BY-SA)?

chrisfrantz 9y ago
We're releasing these outside the paywall available to watch at no cost until Friday, March 23rd. I'm pretty sure there's no creative commons license attached, so the intended use is streaming on our domain which would preclude downloading or embeding on a different domain. I'll try and have some copyright terms added to the page tomorrow so it is more clear on first glance.

devwastaken 9y ago

This is really great. What would make it better is if there wasn't a huge watermark, and there were subtitles. In education especially I think it'd help a lot to put text to Steven's voice. I think immersion is very effective, and so far the modern effects are delivering well.

chrisfrantz 9y ago
Subtitles are on their way. We should have them up in a few hours. Unfortunately, we need to watermark our content outside the paywall. I do agree the watermark could probably be a bit smaller, we'll try and take that into account in future releases.
chrisfrantz 9y ago
Subititles have been added. To activate them click the CC button in the bottom of the player.
- devwastaken 9y ago
  Excellent. There is a delay between when subs first show and the first word is spoken in a line, but I know its tedious work by itself. Great job on this guys.

UncleEntity 9y ago

> Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here. Well...so much for that. Pizza anyone?

deleted 9y ago
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chrisfrantz 9y ago
Hey UncleEntity, We're hosting the videos on Vimeo and we have a few whitelisted domains but we're not allowing the video to be embedded offsite. That is the only restriction we placed on these videos. Otherwise, the videos should be globally available. Let me know if you're still having trouble (chris@curiositystream.com) and I'll send you a free account to watch the videos directly on our own platform.
- King-Aaron 9y ago
  > Sorry Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here. Seeing the same here, there doesn't seem to be any links to direct the user straight to the Vimeo page.. I'm trying to access from Australia btw
AllegedAlec 9y ago
It worked for me after disabling PrivacyBadger
mlok 9y ago
it worked for me when I authorized cookies in Privacy Badger for this domain : cdn.embedly.com

iffycan 9y ago

These are fun. Just the right amount of silly mixed in with breathtaking graphics and Hawking's commentary. Thanks!