[cc-community] Copyright enforcement and CC BY-NC licenses

Terry Hancock hancock at anansispaceworks.com
Thu Aug 7 18:14:59 EDT 2008


Kevin Phillips (home) wrote:
>> > One solution might be to rename the license -- it could be called
>> > "commercial-rights-reserved" (CR), for example.
> 
> Yes, great idea.  I think we've discussed this a little previously and came
> up with a bunch of new naming conventions for good measure.  However,
> it's not just a question of  "what's in a name".

BTW, who's "we"? Clearly "we" on this list have discussed such things,
but that rarely seems to have any impact on CC's decisions.

>> "Do you want to retain a monopoly on commercial exploitation of your
>> work (for example, so that you alone can sell the work or collect fees
>> from collecting societies on the work)?"
> 
> I personally enjoy the direct nature of this one :) Though, can't imagine
> the liberal thinkers would let you get away with using the "e" word.

Hmmph. I consider myself a "liberal", but I think the most important
"'e' word" to avoid is "euphemism".

Cheers,
Terry

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