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

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Sat Feb 9 09:42:02 EST 2008


jonathon wrote:
> Eric wrote:
> 
>>  Copyright has never given you (the author) the right to  control such usage.
> 
> Moral Rights:  An aspect of copyright that was unknown in the US,
> until Ted Turner decided to colourize some Black and White movies.

I don't think this can restrict distribution and consumption of actual 
copies of the books, though. So it cannot control where the books are 
sold, who to, and what the purchasers then do with the knowledge they 
get from them.

It could conceivably restrict anthologization of a CC-licenced work.

(IANAL)

- Rob.



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