FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do the documentaries come from?
All documentaries on Documentary Films Online are hosted by companies such as Google and Google's You Tube website. Every documentary available on our site is freely available to the general public at any time through these websites. We simply provide a highly convenient place to watch high quality documentaries as easily as possible.

Is watching documentaries on Documentary Films Online legal?
Most documentaries are sourced from the highly reputable Google company, via their websites Google Video and You Tube. We acknowledge and trust that Google would never knowingly host copyrighted material, for this reason we are fully assured from the integrity of Google of the legality of these videos being welcome to the public to watch freely. Embedding these videos via the Google Video and You Tube services is also legal.

About Copyright?
We understand that it is possible for certain individuals to illegally upload documentaries to Google Video and You Tube which are still under copyright protection. We have no way of knowing by all reasonable measures exactly which documentaries have been added to Google and You Tube illegally, as many documentaries are made freely available to the general public by their owners at a very quick stage after release. We understand that Google will remove all copyrighted content as soon as it is discovered on their websites, and so will we.

It is our sincere endeavour to provide completely legal documentary sources and continuously respect copyright. For this reason, if you see that we are linking to, or embedding any documentary which is protected by copyright, please Contact Us immediately, and we will remove any link or embedded documentary immediately.

Where are the latest Hollywood movies?
We acknowledge that all major movie releases are never released into the public domain, and for this reason, we will never link to, nor embed Hollywood movies, as this would breach the films copyright.
In addition, we will never link to, nor embed any documentary which is hosted on a website which knowingly or consistently host pirated Hollywood movies.

Does Documentary Films Online host documentaries?
No, we host no documentaries on our server, all documentaries on Documentary Films Online are hosted by companies such as Google and Google's You Tube website, we simply provide a window to the publicly available content to our visitors.

Does Documentary Films Online upload documentaries to the internet?
No, we only link to publicly available content.

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