System and method for making a content item, resident or accessible on one resource, available through another

A system disposed on a target resource for making a content item available through the target resource, comprising:

• a receiving module, the receiving module to receive requests from a client device, the requests indicating re-postings of the content item from an originating resource, and further to receive metadata associated with the content item;
• an authentication module, the authentication module to authenticate a credential of the client device with the target resource, wherein the authenticating includes, upon receiving the requests, receiving at the target resource the credential of the client device, comparing the credential of the client device to a list of authenticated credentials, and if the credential of the client device is the same as an entry on the list of authenticated credentials, then returning a confirmation that the authenticating is successful, and if the authenticating is not successful, requesting user credentials from the client device, the requesting including presenting stored information for editing or adding;
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• a re-posting module, the re-posting module to publish at the target resource a link to the content item, the link indicating the content item and the originating resource, such that when the link is activated, the content item is caused to play back through a player on the target resource, the re-posting module further to associate the content item with the received metadata such that a searching or indexing step at the target resource uses the received metadata.