Download LingQ content and import to alternative sites

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LingQ provides an API to download lesson content and I want to make sure is that ok to import them in alternative sites?

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No, this is not okay. You have to ask the provider for permission to share the content on alternative sites.

I for myself have created the content that I provide escpecially and exclusively for LingQ. For some content I got permission from the author to share it on LingQ. But this permission is for LingQ only.

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Thanks for the reply, Vera. I was looking at the following two texts and they seem to contradict each other:

One says all content on LingQ is licensed under CC BY-ND 3.0 and becomes so if you make it public. CC BY-ND 3.0 allows to copy to alternative sites.
The other says all content is licensed under CC BY-ND 3.0 or other license if mentioned anywhere in the content or content description.
I guess the later is the correct terms today.

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Yes, otherwise it would not be possible to share material where we got permission to share it on LingQ only. No provider would give a general permission :wink: I guess a lot of users don’t know about these terms, and forget to mention that they have only permission to share that content on LingQ. Other content is maybe shared under a different license primarely. I think that this paragraph in the LingQ terms is difficult. For example Wikipedia articles under a special license and you have to use this license for all derivates. To change the license is not allowed. I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve read several articles about this topic and it is a difficult topic.