Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material

Haig Shahinian hyevoltage at tmail.com
Mon Aug 9 21:00:49 EDT 2004


> It might.  One major issue is what the ads are for.  If they're
> something like Google ads that are for unrelated outside services,
> that seems more commercial than ads for other content on the site.  It
> sounds as though the ads are external, since they're 
> generating >revenue.

Yes, google ads as well as some sponsored ads which are external as 
well.

> The difference between "most" and "all" could be significant.  In my
> mental reconstruction of a hypothetical judge hearing such a case, the
> difference feels like it makes a difference.

I am considering donating all excess revenue (net profit) back to the
creators/holders of the cc-licensed material.  Again, my primary
interest is not making money from this, but at the same time not losing
money either.  As owner and employee of the corporation I would however
consider getting payed a small salary for my time which would be taken
from the revenues and considered part of the operating costs.  Since my
income from this corp. would be a direct result of revenues earned
through hosting and delivery of the cc-licensed content, could this be
construed as infringement?  My guess is most probably.








--Haig Shahinian



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