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

Robert Atwood (lists) lists at atwood.org.uk
Thu Aug 7 20:24:21 EDT 2008


Terry Hancock wrote:
> 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.
> 

I think if we don't like that e-word perhaps we might be inclined not to 
  use that particular license version , which is just fine! Better than 
the other e-word below interfering with clarity and leading to 
misunderstandings.

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



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