[cc-licenses] Lawsuit over Virgin Mobile's and Ethical Use

David Maeztu davidmaeztu at gmail.com
Mon Oct 1 04:08:49 EDT 2007


paola.dimaio at gmail.com escribió:
> Jordan
> 
> what is the copyright situation for the cc licenses - as you seem well informed
> is there a trademark registration?
> for which countries?
> 
> Anyway, I have no problem in call it MY Creative Commons

Paola, copy the whole text of the license, paste it, write anything you
want on it, and use it as "Paola`s commons license".

Solved problem.

;)

Creative Commons is what is, no more no less, if you want a different
think make a fork.

There`s no option. And I think it's fair.
> 
> unless of course, cc intend to prohibit the usage of the trademark
> world wide - which would
> be another intersting story
> Nobody can trademark the name 'commons' afaik - caust it is a term to
> indicate the public domain
> 
> I am pretty confident that we'll meet in court  anyway one day or another
> what's your jurisdiction btw?
> 
> :-)\
> 
> pdm
> 
> 
> On 9/30/07, Jordan S Hatcher <jordan at opencontentlawyer.com> wrote:
>> On 30 Sep 2007, at 06:34, paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> So, my cc licenses from now on will have a 'ethical usage', as per a
>>> definition to be finalized. Which means, the work is licensed under cc
>>> provided the ethical clause is met.
>> As noted by others, if you do so, this is NOT as CC licence.  This
>> would be the "Paola DiMaio licence" and not a Creative Commons licence.
>>
>> ~Jordan
>> ____
>> Mr. Jordan S Hatcher, JD, LLM
>>
>> jordan at opencontentlawyer dot com
>> IP/IT Blog: http://twitchgamer.net
>>
>> Usage of Creative Commons by cultural heritage organisations
>> <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007>
>>
>> "The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Information Technology Based
>> Business"
>> <http://ssrn.com/abstract=984864>
>>
>>
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