[cc-community] selling book rights, and CC-BY-SA
jonathon
jonathon.blake at gmail.com
Sat Jul 25 11:14:34 EDT 2009
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:24, Chris Watkins wrote:
> As CC-BY-SA allows the creator to specify how attribution is given, can they specify that it can't be published (by someone else) under title X as the work of author Y?
Not really. The publisher will add a concordance, or something
equally trivial, then publish it claiming it to be a derivative work
of "x" by "y". Something along the lines of _A Concordance of "X" by
"Y"_. This concordance includes the complete text. (I'm using
concordance as an example, simply because they are trivial to
generate, and add percieved value. Glossaries, time lines,
genealogies, and the like are fairly simple to generate, and also add
percieved value.)
> AFAIK the license doesn't allow the creator to forbid the use of a certain title... but perhaps if it's trademarked, they can forbid it?
If you really want to go that route, talk with a very experienced
trademark lawyer. My guess is that it will cost for more to file, and
defend your trademark, than the gross revenue of the work.
> especially as this is a more serious work,
If it is non-fiction, you probably are right. On the flip site, with
the correct marketing, non-fiction merchandise can generate far more
revenue than book sales do, (The "average" book sells under 1,100
copies per year.)
jonathon
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