diff --git a/controllers/serveController.js b/controllers/serveController.js
index 03831bdc..919dab2b 100644
--- a/controllers/serveController.js
+++ b/controllers/serveController.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const lbryApi = require('../helpers/lbryApi.js');
 const db = require('../models');
 const logger = require('winston');
 const getAllFreePublicClaims = require('../helpers/functions/getAllFreePublicClaims.js');
-const isFreePublicClaim = require('../helpers/functions/isFreePublicClaim.js');
+const isFreeClaim = require('../helpers/functions/isFreeClaim.js');
 const serveHelpers = require('../helpers/serveHelpers.js');
 
 function checkForLocalAssetByClaimId (claimId, name) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function getAssetByClaimId (fullClaimId, name) {
         lbryApi.resolveUri(`${name}#${fullClaimId}`)
         .then(resolveResult => {
           // if the claim is free and public, then get it
-          if (resolveResult.claim && isFreePublicClaim(resolveResult.claim)) {
+          if (resolveResult.claim && isFreeClaim(resolveResult.claim)) {
             lbryApi.getClaim(`${name}#${fullClaimId}`)
             .then(getResult => {
               let fileInfo = formatGetResultsToFileInfo(getResult);
diff --git a/helpers/functions/getAllFreePublicClaims.js b/helpers/functions/getAllFreePublicClaims.js
index 3c237bd7..98ab15b7 100644
--- a/helpers/functions/getAllFreePublicClaims.js
+++ b/helpers/functions/getAllFreePublicClaims.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const isFreePublicClaim = require('./isFreePublicClaim.js');
+const isFreeClaim = require('./isFreeClaim.js');
 const lbryApi = require('../lbryApi.js');
 const logger = require('winston');
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function filterForFreePublicClaims (claimsListArray) {
     if (!claim.value) {
       return false;
     }
-    return isFreePublicClaim(claim);
+    return isFreeClaim(claim);
   });
   return freePublicClaims;
 }
diff --git a/helpers/functions/isFreeClaim.js b/helpers/functions/isFreeClaim.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51d9939a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/functions/isFreeClaim.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
+module.exports = ({ value }) => {
+  if (!value.stream.metadata.fee || value.stream.metadata.fee.amount === 0) {
+    logger.debug('isFreeClaim?', true);
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    logger.debug('isFreePublicClaim?', false);
+    return false;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/helpers/functions/isFreePublicClaim.js b/helpers/functions/isFreePublicClaim.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bceb424e..00000000
--- a/helpers/functions/isFreePublicClaim.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const logger = require('winston');
-const licenses = ['Creative Commons', 'Public Domain', 'Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International', 'Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International', 'Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International', 'Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International', 'Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International', 'Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International'];
-
-module.exports = ({ value }) => {
-  if ((licenses.includes(value.stream.metadata.license)) && (!value.stream.metadata.fee || value.stream.metadata.fee.amount === 0)) {
-    logger.debug('checking isFreePublicClaim...', true);
-    return true;
-  } else {
-    logger.debug('checking isFreePublicClaim...', false);
-    return false;
-  }
-};