[cc-community] attribution and pseudonym/nickname

Federico Morando federico.morando at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 11:33:55 EST 2008


Hi Jormungand,

I agree with Burobjorn. Moreover, the right of using pseudonyms is 
normally considered as part of the moral right of attribution in several 
civil law countries, hence we may say that what you are proposing is 
perfectly coherent not only with the goals of CC's Attribution but with 
author's rights in general.

Hope this helps and make you more confident about the appropriateness of 
requiring attribution to a "nickname".

(All that having been said, I do not know whether lawyers may find some 
legal problems with respect to the fact that the licensor is just 
identified by a pseudonym. I guess this is not a big problem, but here 
I'm less confident.)

All the best,

Federico


Burobjorn wrote:
> Hi Jormungand,
> 
> Yes, AFAIK you -as the author of a work- can specify attribution as you
> like. So you can say that the work is to be attributed to "Average Joe"
> even though that's not your real name.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> I am not a lawyer and do not represent CC. This is nog legal advice.
> 
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> 
> Jormungand wrote:
>> Hello, I'm not sure it's the good place for asking this, so excuse me
>> of disturbing you. (and please excuse me for my English !)
>>
>> I would like to know if I can publish a work under a CC license, with
>> only giving a nickname/pseudonym, not my real name, and however
>> request the attribution (of this pseudonym).
>>
>> Thanks for your help. I hope I wrote something intelligible.
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