[cc-licenses] Thoughts on NC

Arne Babenhauserheide arne_bab at web.de
Mon Apr 16 04:43:13 EDT 2012


At Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:48:49 +0200,
Gisle Hannemyr wrote:
> So I take a few steps back, and try again to explain just *why*
> I think that section 2(b)(2) "other rights" should be replaced
> with the following text in CC ver. 4:
> 
>    The Licensor waives the right to collect individual royalties
>    from You.  However, where the Licensor has entered into a voluntary
>    agreement with a collecting society that is entitled to collect
>    royalties on behalf of the Licensor, or where there exists a
>    statutory or compulsory licensing scheme (e.g. extended collective
>    licenses) for collecting such royalties, such agreements or
>    licensing schemes are not invalidated by this Public License.

I don’t know if I understand that correctly. 

Does that mean, that if these collectors exists and I don’t pay money to them, I am not allowed to use the cc work?

Best wishes,
Arne


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