Copyright/legal Q

[10trouble13]

@chickenlittle That’s not how it works. You can’t just give credit to copyrighted works. You have to license it or have permission.

 

[riot42]

@10trouble13 This comment needs more upvotes.

 

[chickenlittle]

@10trouble13 Correct, you can’t just take copywriter work, but (1) you should always site where you got a work/workout if you didn’t write it yourself, and (2) the likelihood that they come after you for reposting a workout or workouts for no financial gain while properly giving credit where credit is due, is unlikely.

It’s all about the money. If the OP just wants to post all the WODs in a document and say, “these are all from CrossFit.com, enjoy!” Is essentially the same thing as posting a link to the website.

 

[10trouble13]

@chickenlittle Yeah, thanks for verifying that I'm correct. You can't copyright a workout but your comment could be taken the wrong way...there is a common problem with people thinking they can just link where they got it or say "all rights to the copyright holder."

 

[chickenlittle]

@10trouble13 I understand that. The comment was a response to the OPs question and not intended to be legal advice of any kind or a blanket statement about the rampant copy-write infringements and intellectual property theft that happen on social media every day. Whether you believe me or not, you and I are on the same page.

 

[fatimaf]

@klara123 Share away

 

[sitsatdeskwithpen]

@klara123 Agree with the other comments. The WODs were published on a non-pay site, so anyone had access to them. Would love access to the doc when it's available.

 

[seeingbabylon]

@klara123 That would be amazing if you shared it here! Thank you in advance if you decide to do it!

 

[freedawg]

@klara123 Remindme! Tomorrow

 

[10trouble13]

@klara123 A WOD would be similar to a recipe. You can’t copyright a recipe...you might be able to trademark a name for a WOD, if you care up with it, but I don’t see why anyone would waste their money doing that.

 

[kevott]

@klara123 Read the terms and conditions on their site, it does seem as they are protected....

 

[epalmer]

@klara123 So... did you post it somewhere?

 

[lazareth]

@klara123 Would still love a link to this!

 

[jnat24]

@klara123 Just wondering if this is a thing?

 

[david143]

@klara123 I'm planning to do the same with comptrain and linchpin to scrape all their WODs but no time at the moment.

I would use Go instead of Python ;-)

 

[chosenleader]

@klara123 Would be real cool to get this with the old CrossFit Football WODs

 

[alannaor]

@chosenleader Agreed. Sad day when they disappeared