NO!

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When Richard Russell stole a plane from the Seattle airport and went on a high altitude joy ride, before crashing it, a guy with the Twitter handle @drbmbdgty was one of the first to catch video of the plane.

@drbmbdgty captured video of the plane and the F-15 that were scrambled to intercept it.  

It wasn't long after he posted the video that media outlets started reaching out to him for permission to use the video. @drbmbdgty was not in a sharing mood:

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He did give permission to Portland's KPTV and they seemed to be the only one. 

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Soon, his "No" response became the running joke on his Twitter page. Here's a few examples: 

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