[cc-licenses] CC license questions

Dana Powers dana.powers at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 22:03:03 EDT 2007


Not sure if this was part of your question, but CC licenses are
non-exclusive - they do not restrict you from entering into other
licensing deals later.

also, 17 usc 106 is the list of your exclusive rights as a copyright
holder.  no one other than you should be citing it as authority for
distribution of your copyrighted material unless you've agreed to
license your rights to them.  I assume that is what you meant, though.

best,
dpk


On 7/8/07, Roland Shoemaker <rolandshoemaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Ahh okay thanks for the clarification, This is not something i really want
> to do, more me trying to understand something that has happened.
>
> Thanks for the information, its really cleared everything up for me.
> Roland Shoemaker
> >
> >
> > On 7/9/07, Terry Hancock < hancock at anansispaceworks.com> wrote:
> > > Roland Shoemaker wrote:
> > > > Hey,
> > > > I do not really have a legal mind and i would like to try and confirm
> > > > something i believe, any input greatly appricated. If i produce
> something
> > > > and license it under a CC liecense, one that allows others to freely
> > > > distrubte said material as long as no profit is made, can i at a later
> date
> > > > issue a c&d to some one who is redistrubuteing my material citing 17
> > > > U.S.C106. Also can i choose when the license applies.
> > > > E.g. I create the content but i dont want the license to apply to a
> certain
> > > > time (Choosing when the license applys and when it does not i suppose)
> then
> > > > after that time the license does apply?
> > >
> > > AFAIK, there is nothing which prevents you from setting a specific date
> > > in the FUTURE from which point the license applies (i.e. a post-dated
> > > release). From a technical PoV, you aren't actually using the CC license
> > > initially if you do that -- instead you are using an "all rights
> > > reserved" license up until that time. So none of the CC license terms
> > > apply until you say they do.
> > >
> > > HOWEVER, once the license goes into effect, you CANNOT REVOKE it (except
> > > for the specific causes listed in the license -- there are some abuses
> > > which result in automatic termination of the license).
> > >
> > > I THINK this allows what you actually want to do, but I'm having a hard
> > > time following exactly what you want. What it does NOT allow is for you
> > > to release something under a CC license and then attempt to take that
> > > license away in the future!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Terry
> > >
> > > --
> > > Terry Hancock ( hancock at AnansiSpaceworks.com )
> > > Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
> > >
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