[cc-community] rethink attribution

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Thu May 1 16:15:19 EDT 2008


As a filmmaker, I agree with Peter Brink. Certain norms have formed  
about how attribution happens in certain media. In film, attribution  
either occurs in the first few minutes for important contributions, or  
after the film for a verbose credit list, or both which is usually the  
case. To put a credit inside the film would be jarring to the audience  
and might undermine the purpose of using the work in the first place.

Best,
// Matt


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Matthew J. Agnello
http://hungryfilmmaker.com/
< matt.agnello at gmail.com >

On May 1, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Peter Brink wrote:

> Jamison Young skrev:
>> When a film uses content licensed with CC, is it fair that
>> attribution happen when the film has finished? how can the artist be
>> considered to be attributed if the art is not placed with the
>> attribution?
>
> To someone who lives in a jurisdiction in which attribution is  
> mandatory
> by law, this discussion seems a bit odd. The Swedish copyright act  
> art.
> 3 states: "When a work is reproduced, or when it is made available to
> the public, the name of the author shall be stated to the extent and  
> in
> the manner required by proper usage." Proper usage varies with the
> medium and the context. At a funeral it's not proper to attribute the
> author of the text to the hymns sung at all but if the texts of those
> hymns were quoted on a web page, attribution in full is required (i.e.
> you need to state the name of the author, the name of the work, year  
> of
> publication and the name of the publisher - if applicable).
>
> The key word is thus "proper usage". In jurisdictions where moral  
> rights
> exists (which should be all jurisdictions according to the Berne
> Convention) this issue has been settled long ago in case law.  
> Following
> the standards for "proper usage" should IMO be quite sufficient when
> dealing with attribution in the context of a CC license.
>
> /Peter Brink
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