[cc-licenses] multiple licenses of same image
Terry Hancock
hancock at anansispaceworks.com
Sat Jan 27 18:28:11 EST 2007
Peter Brink wrote:
> A derivative work must be the result of a _creative act_ originating
> from a human being. If a machine down- or upsamples a work there is no
> creative act involved, it's a just a mechanical transformation. A
> "thumbnail" is therefore a copy and not a derivative work.
Okay, another case:
I write a novel as a raw text file on computer. I sell copies of this
novel under an ARR "license".
I then run the novel through an automatic filter which removes every
other chapter and all remaining vowels. There is no creative activity in
this process -- it's completely automated, and takes perhaps 5-20 lines
of Python code to implement. I license the reduced work online
under CC-By-SA.
Do people who have downloaded that work have the right to purchase the
novel, copy its text, and use it under the By-SA terms?
This seems implausible to me, but it is pretty much the same as the
image case you describe (a lossy, but uncreative transformation).
Cheers,
Terry
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