[cc-community] This is curious
Mike Linksvayer
ml at creativecommons.org
Tue Oct 9 20:16:46 EDT 2007
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 16:43 -0500, Eric Norman wrote:
> I was just led to this website
>
> http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/search/default.aspx?zip=53706
>
> and here's what it says:
>
> "The datasets in Media Tracker are licensed under a modified Creative
> Commons license. You may SHARE and REPRODUCE these datasets as long
> as you provide ATTRIBUTION to the Center for Public Integrity and do
> so for NON-COMMERCIAL uses."
>
> So what's curious? Well, the datasets that they're talking about are
> just a compilation of
> facts. They're not creative expression. So what's the deal with a
> CC license?
Once they've modified a CC license it isn't a CC license anymore.
http://creativecommons.org/policies
> Copyright
> doesn't apply to facts. Does the license mean anything at all?
>
> Let me put it this way. I make a copy of their facts and use them
> for commercial purposes,
> What can they do about it?
>
> Does saying that their facts are offered under their (modified)
> license override my rights
> under copyright law?
I'm not qualified to have an opinion, but the Science Commons Databases
and CC FAQ covers this extensively, see
http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/databases/
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