[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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