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

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Sun Sep 30 07:58:38 EDT 2007


On Sunday 30 September 2007 05:54 am, Jordan S Hatcher 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.

And if Paola called it a CC license despite this, could he not face trademark 
and fraud issues?
>
> ~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>

all the best,

drew



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