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

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Thu Apr 17 03:29:27 EDT 2008


Fred Benenson wrote:
> I'm with drew on this one. I think its' unfortunate that we have to use 
> copyleft to "scare" publishers of media out of using work.
 >
> Wouldn't the ideal situation be that more people (and big corporations 
> by extension) use copylefted works?

Yes. It is possible to find problems that big corporations have that 
copyleft can address, or opportunities that it can create for them.

Since the result is an increase in copylefted work available to the 
public, the result is a net gain for society as well as for the corporation.

- Rob.


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