noteworthy wrote:
The "important moment" potential is deflated by the fact that the video is freely available through the C-SPAN web site.

This is about more then just the availability of the content. Its about the ability to manipulate the content.

As the BB followups and comments explained, with quotes from the C-SPAN web site, it's an overstatement to claim that "C-SPAN videos are not in the public domain." Certain recordings that are made by C-SPAN are, in fact, not subject to copyright restrictions.

Its not clear if or when or how this is true.

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