Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material

Haig Shahinian hyevoltage at tmail.com
Mon Aug 9 19:21:25 EDT 2004


Regarding creative commons licensed work using the non-commercial 
clause:

Suppose I were to offer said cc-licensed works on a website which
contained advertisement and the corporate entity that legally owns the
site generates revenue from these ads.  The cc-licensed material would
be free and open to anyone visitng the site, maybe free reg. 
requirements.

Would this be considered infringement?

Does it make a difference whether the corporate entity owning the site
is structured as non-profit or for-profit?

Most, if not all, the revenue goes towards hosting and operating costs.



--Haig Shahinian



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