Do you folks realize that EVERYONE using this script with ads turned on is in violation of the TOS for using the JW Player and of international copyright laws?

The free version is licenced under creative commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Absolutely no commercial use allowed and if you build any mods to the player you have to release them for free too. If you don’t buy a commercial license, you cannot use a JW Player on (i) a site that has ads; (ii) a corporate site; or a (iii) CMS.

You cannot use the JW player on any site that has any advertising whatsoever, unless you purchase a pro license. It's 30 British pounds to use the player on one commercial site: http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/order

Just curious if anyone knew that or if you are just ignoring it.


It's too bad he's got this Longtail video thing going. Longtail is a formula that lets you put pre- and post-roll ads in your site, but if you use it you have to share your ad revenue with Longtail. Even to run your own ads, you have to give Longtail space on your site to run their ads.

And if you build a way to run pre-and post roll ads using the JW player, you are basically violating the license.