[cc-community] No Hard Copy Distribution Condition (Let's discuss)

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Fri Feb 8 00:10:30 EST 2008


> 2) People who make hard copies are more likely to use them for  
> commercial purposes or expect some money in exchange for  
> distribution (at least in my country).

I think your best bet to avoid print, or at least certain types of  
print that you wouldn't like, is to use an NC license.

The economics are easy enough. If it costs money to print your work,  
and someone can't make money off of it, they won't want to print it in  
order to make money. However, if you make a rule that says, "You can't  
print this" or "you can't burn this song to CD" or "you can't burn  
this movie to DVD," you run into a problem. There are many legit  
reasons to do all of these. CC license shouldn't make someone fearful  
to print something for a legit reason, and since enough of those  
reasons are NC, you're best off with an NC license.

// Matt


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



On Feb 7, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Ocetalo wrote:

> Greetings, I posted same issue some weeks ago but I was even more  
> freshman then so I didn't know how to hold mail conversations (now I  
> do). I apologize to those who answered but got no reply from me.
>
> I'm suggesting a new condition to apply on works, which eventually  
> can lead to a new CC license: allowing free distribution of one's  
> works, as long as those remain intangible. Printing, displaying  or  
> distributing hard copies on paper or any other non-digital medium is  
> not allowed without the express permision of the author.
> For now I find two reasons for doing this:
> 1) digital copy is born to be used so freely it gets careless, but  
> dead-tree edition is a serious matter to be "handled with care". If  
> I had money enough I could pay my dead-tree edition to have it  
> exactly as I want, but I have not. Now, with free distribution  
> rights there's a chance somebody wants to use my works for  
> publishing. However, I still want to have control over who, how and  
> what for my work is used. If I can't have the potential editor to  
> ask my permission then he'll just do what he wants.
> 2) People who make hard copies are more likely to use them for  
> commercial purposes or expect some money in exchange for  
> distribution (at least in my country).
>
> Please give your opinion.
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