[cc-community] rethink attribution

Evan Prodromou evan at prodromou.name
Thu May 1 16:16:27 EDT 2008


Jamison Young wrote:
> 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?
Every other artist in a film gets their attribution at the end (or the 
beginning) during the credits. It's entirely fair to everyone.

The CC licenses ask for attribution "reasonable to the medium or means 
You are utilizing". Credits at the end of the movie are reasonable to 
the medium.

-Evan

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