[cc-licenses] Lawsuit over Virgin Mobile's and Ethical Use
Rob Myers
rob at robmyers.org
Wed Oct 3 03:35:01 EDT 2007
paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
> I realy think it is irresponsible to allow a license to use work
> without any conditions attached
The license is the conditions.
> Most authors that I know would be horrified if their work would be
> used 'freely' on a website instigating racial hatred, or war, or some
> other aberration
Inciting hatred may well be illegal so this is not a license issue.
Calling for war may be just or unjust and so should be outside of the
scope of a license, even an 'ethical' one.
Fair Use would allow work to be quoted on sites one objects to even without
> 'Incompabtile, is not my requirement , incompatible is a license that
> does not protect my
> work against unlawful exploitation
The licenses already protect work from *unlawful* exploitation.
What the licenses don't do is censor people with opinions different than
yours or mine. If those opinions are incitement or other criminal acts
that is a different matter but is already covered by the law.
> I really think CC should think about that and allow users to chose an
> 'ethical' license if they so wish
The licenses are already "ethical" to the extent that they are a
response to unethical excesses of law and that they acknowledge moral
rights.
> not sure what's the best way to do it
>
> I may have to work of fork, regrettably
Moral Rights should provide most of the protection you want and these
should be covered by the localised CC licenses.
- Rob.
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