[cc-community] by-nc-sa 3.0 on a wiki with ads

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Fri Apr 4 14:18:01 EDT 2008


This sort of question won't really be answered until a lawsuit comes  
up, or it's clarified in a later license. As Drew Roberts often  
advocates, it's probably a good idea to stay away from NC for your own  
work if you can avoid it. I don't believe Wired is protected from  
losing a lawsuit where someone edits their wiki and then claims Wired  
is violating their copyright expressed through the NC license terms.  
However, as with all things, there are many factors involved, one  
being that most people contributing to their wiki simply wouldn't sue  
Wired for something like that.

Best,
// Matt

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Matthew J. Agnello
http://www.hungryfilmmaker.com
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On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Andrew Ziem wrote:

> http://howto.wired.com is a wiki with ads.  They use by-nc-sa 3.0.   
> I understand that they can display their own original content on  
> such a site with ads without a problem, but when a third party, such  
> as myself, makes an edit, does that not create a violation between  
> the third-party contribution and Wired's ads?
>
> Here's another way to put it: this license does not require an extra  
> clause that says, "We can commercialize your third-party  
> contributions, but no one else can."
>
> I assume someone's legal department figured this out.  I am not  
> claiming a violation, but I am curious how this works out.  :)
>
>
>
>
> Andrew
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