[cc-community] Being called a thief for using CC

Giorgos Cheliotis giorgos at smu.edu.sg
Sat Feb 16 23:55:51 EST 2008


This and similar cases previously discussed on this list make me think that we may really need a "sampling" license which allows for the creation of derivative works that use only parts of the original work (i.e. some form of highly transformative use), while prohibiting the copying or reuse of the entire original work. We do have such licenses in CC, but only for audio. Why not extend this to other media? This is what the owner of Observatorio.info should have used instead of BY-NC-SA. 
 
I expect this to become an issue with other websites as well. Yes, according to the BY-NC-SA license, or any "BY" licenses for that matter, one may copy the entire website, but sometimes those using the license are too quick to assume that this is NOT the case, as it goes against their understanding of intellectual property rights and would seem absurd. It is thus understandable that some owners of sites like Observatorio.info would be "royally pissed", because what they really wanted was a sampling license, not a BY-NC-SA, and they never imagined what the consequences of using BY-NC-SA would be.
 
And then Miguel gets caught in the middle of this huge misunderstanding, when in fact it seems that he complied with the terms of the license. It's just that the terms did not reflect what the licensor really wanted to achieve.
 
Giorgos
 
 
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