] C-SPAN zealously and actively monitors and protects its
] intellectual property, including the video it
] produces and C-SPAN registered service marks and logos.
] C-SPAN is a private, nonprofit organization.
] It does not, and never has, received any government
] funding. C-SPAN video is not in the public domain.
]
] C-SPAN does not permit the following uses:
]
] Any posting or streaming from an Internet site

The above is even if you have a license. Its your government, but its not your CSPAN.

This was Brendan Greeley's point in the podcasting discussion at BlogNashville. We need to be able to retransmit and remix the content of our government's public discourse. This means that C-SPAN is obsolete. We need a non-profit organization with recording devices in both houses of Congress collecting data and publishing it in the public domain. We need it now.