[cc-community] What does NC means?

Peter Brink peter.brink at brinkdata.se
Mon Sep 17 08:58:14 EDT 2007


jonathon skrev:
> Peter wrote:
> 
>> It's  entirely possible that two people, who have independently created
>> two identical works, gets two separate copyrights - if the probability
> 
> The independent creation of NAS-27 and USB-4 is about as independent
> as a class copying the notes the instructor wrote on the blackboard.

Then neither of those texts are copyrightable...

> 
>>> Three notes in a musical composition can be enough for the work to be
>>> a copyright violation.
>> And? Wasn't that what I wrote?
> 
> Not really.  Because those three works can also be used to say it is a
> derivative work.
> 

Not anywhere close to where I live... A songs lyrics and the music score 
are (as a general rule) two separate works.

> 
> Which means that the score can not be converted to an MP3, because
> that constitutes an adaption, _not_ a collection.
> 

If you convert a score to mp3 you create a copy not an adaptation. The 
ND license allow you to make recordings. It's plain and simple.


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