[cc-community] avoiding the CC licensing path by rights users

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Thu Apr 10 14:22:25 EDT 2008


> c) Due Diligence.  They are verifying that they can use the work that
> they want to use.   A random photograph on a random website using a
> random license grants users nothing. (Even if the meta data contains
> the license terms, they would still have to do this. Metadata can be
> removed or added by third parties.)

Agreed. One of the weaknesses of CC is that without some sort of  
marking within the work, there's no guarantee that a link to CC  
somewhere near the work means the work is licensed under those terms.  
We all assume links equal licenses, even the tiny, difficult to find  
ones on Flickr, and perhaps a court would agree. But big companies  
like contracts, especially if they have to answer to Errors and  
Omissions insurance people who are notoriously picky about what  
constitutes copyright infringement.

So, the problem is connecting work and license, and a company would  
rather verify that connection through a traditional contract than by  
taking a risk with a "random photograph on a random website using a  
random license," as jonathan said.

Best,
// Matt


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Matthew J. Agnello
http://www.hungryfilmmaker.com
< matt.agnello at gmail.com >






On Apr 10, 2008, at 10:51 AM, jonathon wrote:
> c) Due Diligence.  They are verifying that they can use the work that
> they want to use.   A random photograph on a random website using a
> random license grants users nothing. (Even if the meta data contains
> the license terms, they would still have to do this. Metadata can be
> removed or added by third parties.)

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