Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Richard Cobbett" <charybdis AT deja-x.co.uk>]

In the US, certainly, but over here in the UK we have absolutely no legal
Fair Use rules, even over things like ripping a CD to listen to it on your
MP3 player. Nobody actually gets sued over it, the shops sell MP3 players
and I don't even think our record industry groups actually care that much
(the BPI has generally been a lot more restrained than the RIAA, although
there has been movement of late). Still, just as an ideological thing,
there's scope for a quick license effectively saying "Look, we don't want
you passing this round to all and sundry, but feel free to do whatever you
want with it for personal use". Not sure it's a CC thing per se though - I'd
have thought a general Fair Use sticker would be more suitable.

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Subject: Re: License that allows private copying?


> Scott Johnston said:
> > Has there been discussion at Creative Commons (or elsewhere) of
> > developing a license that makes a distinction between public and
> > private copying?  Something that extends the fair-use privileges
> > protected by the Sony video tape decision to allow a person to
> > privately distribute copies to their associates, but forbids them from
> > making it available to the public?
>
> I dont think so.
>
> I question the value of such a license simply because the
> only group I know of that claims I can't make private
> copies of works that I own was someone from the RIAA.
> A couple years ago, someone from the record industry
> said that people should not convert their CD's into MP3's,
> and instead should buy an all new copy of the same song
> to play in each location, for instance, your car stereo,
> your bedroom, your living room, and your personal MP3
> player.
>
>
>
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