[cc-licenses] (no subject)

rob at robmyers.org rob at robmyers.org
Tue Dec 5 10:31:32 EST 2006


Quoting Greg London <email at greglondon.com>:

> Yeah, the point of Lucas making an offer was not that
> it had to do with DRM, but that it had to do with a platform
> monopoly. Lucas would use CC-SA content if you'd give him
> a platform monopoly in the theaters and for his movie.
> Maybe you had to sign a no-compete agreement saying you
> won't let anyone else use your content in a theater.
> Maybe you get the modifications he makes to your music,
> but the final derivative, the movie, remains All Rights Reserved.

Ah, OK. I'm sorry for misunderstanding this.

> Giving up copyleft on a work for a particular instance
> of that work will lead to eventual harm to the community.
>
> Sure, one time probably won't kill it, but if you give
> an exception to DRM, and then an exception to movie theaters,
> and then another exception, and another, you end up with
> enough platform monopolies that they completely overshadow
> the FREE version of the work.

Quite. And if there is the possibility of instances my work becoming non-free
(or non-free instances of my work being made, dilute to taste), I am not
convinced that the best way of tackling this is to, er, let them. *Local*
application of DRM is a compromise position for me, but I am pragmatic about
what the licenses already permit, even if that does include DRM distribution.

- Rob.




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