Fiiiiiiiiinnnneeeeeeeeeeeee. X( As for the CC issues, I'm starting with C-SPAN simply because there is a lot more precedent for legal non-commercial fair use.

Fiiiiiiiiinnnneeeeeeeeeeeee. X( As for the CC issues, I'm starting with C-SPAN simply because there is a lot more precedent for legal non-commercial fair use. Using this for other situations is another question. Based on a cursory exploration it seems that there is a strong argument for programmatically accesible syndication being legal in most cases. This means that it is probably fine to use the stream to made a visualization / application that doesn't actually render the transcript to a user, but is simply based on it. Also, any application that renders the captions but is dedicated to accessibility seems like it may be protected by the law. Long story short, I'll need to look into it; for now I'm banking on the service as it stands being fair use, which I legitimately believe it is.