[cc-licenses] CC 3 and Circumvention [Was Re: Version 3.0 - Public Discussion]
Rob Myers
rob at robmyers.org
Mon Aug 14 17:58:03 EDT 2006
On 13 Aug 2006, at 23:20, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> I'm surprised nobody AFAICT has suggested just that -- rather than
> disallow DRM, explicitly give authority to circumvent. The DMCA
> seems to
> allow this
It would be great if CC 3 licenses could give permission to
circumvent DRM when people do exercise their Fair Use rights to add
it. Someone at CC who IAL should definitely look at this.
Two possible issues spring to my layperson's mind:
* GPL 3 gives you permission as a *software* license to circumvent
DRM systems implemented by the *software* that is itself covered by
that license. Can CC 3, as a *content* license, give you permission
to circumvent any *software* that is written by a different author to
the content?
* The GPL 3 is giving you the right to circumvent the system as a
whole, for every case of its use. CC 3 would have to give you
permission only for those specific cases where you need to break it
to access the work. But this still means that software (or the
knowledge that you need to hold down the shift key) must exist to
break the DRM generally for the benefit of any CC 3 users who wish to
do so.
- Rob.
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