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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: what is freedom? was: Re: Why do you have to chose the 'Attribution' option with the new CC 2.0 Licenses?
  • Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:30:39 +0100

On Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 00:06AM, Jim Cheetham <jim AT gonzul.net>
wrote:

>> I don't have a problem with CC-NC. I've licensed some of my
>> writing that way, and intend to do some more when I have the time.
>> I'm doing it in the hopes of generating some interest in my
>> writing so that people will buy my sci-fi book.
>
>Right ... so when you become a big-name author (and hopefully you will),
>and a publisher wants to print a retrospective of all your works, will
>they be able to include the writings that were originally released
>CC-NC? You seem to be saying "No, because the retrospective will be a
>commercial work", whereas I think you should be saying "Not the version
>that was CC-NC, but I can license you another copy under different
>terms, because I am the author = I hold the copyright".

Unless the author dies without reassigning the copyright, in which case said
publisher is stuck.
Asking for permission adds friction. Eventually all that drag adds up and the
market becomes less efficient than a Free-er alternative.
And If I was an NC person I'd be annoyed if BigCorp made money off something
I've had to pay to host for years without any return. I wouldn't feel
particularly well-disposed towards an author that did that.

- Rob.




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