[cc-community] Does BY-SA extend to a newspaper?

thinh at creativecommons.org thinh at creativecommons.org
Thu Apr 5 19:53:30 EDT 2007


Under BY-SA, only "Adaptations" are required to be distributed as BY-SA.
"Adaptations", by definition, does not include "Collections". Collections,
speaking generally, are aggregations of works that continue to be
recognizable as separate works. The BY-SA requirement does not apply to
separate works that make up the Collection. So in this case, the newspaper
is best considered a Collection, so the BY-SA requirement applies to the
individual work (the photograph), and not the whole newspaper.

Congratulations on your receiving recognition for the great work!

Thinh Nguyen
Counsel, Science Commons


> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> From: Kevin Driscoll <driscollkevin at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org
>> To: cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: [cc-community] Does BY-SA extend to a newspaper?
>> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:48:42 -0400
>>
>> My friend Ben recently had a BY-SA photo picked up from his Flickr and
>> included in the Metro.  (See the email below.)  Must that entire issue
>> of the Metro also be BY-SA to comply with the BY-SA agreement on Ben's
>> photo?
>>
>> It is encouraging to see that they printed "CC BY SA" next to Ben's
>> name in the credit.  You can see it along the top right edge of the
>> larger photo in this scan:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensisto/447190988/
>>
>> Curious,
>> Kevin Driscoll
>>
>> --
>> http://kevindriscoll.info/
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Benjamin Sisto <ben.sisto at gmail.com>
>> Date: Apr 5, 2007 10:02 AM
>> Subject: Metro ran a photo I took - gave CC BY SA cred!
>> To: Kevin Driscoll <driscollkevin at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> I've asked every paper who's used a photo of mine to give the proper
>> CC BY SA credit - and I think the Metro is the first. Stoked to see it
>> in a major publication! It's an article on Twisted Village / Major
>> Stars - the photo is from a Charlie's Kitchen show
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensisto/447190988/
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