[cc-community] sites hosting CC-only?
James Hofmann
jhofmann at 321f.net
Sun Jan 4 21:56:44 EST 2009
I'm developing a site that is intended for fast, easy sharing and
remixing of various content(text, art, sound, maybe others - it is a
flexible design). To streamline the sharing process I plan to apply
BY-SA universally to everything hosted. Also, I don't have persistent
"users" planned for this site, only identifier tokens(tripcodes and
IP), as this simplifies the upload process for off-site applications.
So there is both a form of attribution, and a means of posting
anonymously.
But I'm left with an unknown in how I should communicate the terms of
service. Using identi.ca as an example, users tick a checkbox when
registering. I don't have a registration gate so I think the most I
can do is notify the user of the license terms on every page they
visit. I don't know if that is good enough.
That leads to my main question. The CC licenses are a template for the
creator to choose how to control their work, but there isn't an
equivalent template for a publisher of CC works to communicate that
they only wish to accept CC authors. Is that something that a template
would work for? Is it even necessary? I'm unclear on where my
obligations as a publisher begin, when I go CC-only.
-James Hofmann
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