I am using Cesium with Unity to load terrain data and capture it as video content.
I would like to ask about the appropriate licensing when selling such videos to a client.
The intended use of the video is to be continuously displayed in a museum or exhibition facility.
In this case, I would like to clarify the following points:
-
Is it sufficient to hold a Cesium ion license only during the video capture and production period?
-
After selling the video, is it necessary to maintain the license for as long as the video is being used?
-
Is it permitted to convert Cesium ion data into video content for commercial use in the first place?
I would appreciate your guidance on the correct licensing approach for this use case.
Hi @kimiyamaao, welcome to the community!
I can’t give you legal advice, but I can say that the answers to your questions will depend on the specific datasets being used. If your datasets are coming from Cesium ion, you’ll be bound by the Cesium ion terms of use, which are here:
If you’re using Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles or Bing Maps via ion, you’ll additionally be bound by the terms of those providers, which you can find links to at the end of the document above.
My understanding - with the caveat that I am not a lawyer and nothing I say here should be interpreted as giving you any kind of permission beyond the Terms of Service above - is that it is ok to record a video with the Cesium / Google / Bing content so long as you meet all attribution requirements (i.e., show the appropriate credits during the video). And I believe that it is not necessary to maintain any sort of subscription after the video is recordeded.