Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On 26 May 2004, at 21:15, Glenn Otis Brown wrote:

> if you don't want attribution, simply say so. the license provides for 
> revoking the attribution requirement. or don't provide your name. read 
> the actual text of the attribution clause.

"If You create a Collective Work, upon notice from any Licensor You 
must, to the extent practicable, remove from the Collective Work any 
reference to such Licensor or the Original Author, as requested. If You 
create a Derivative Work, upon notice from any Licensor You must, to 
the extent practicable, remove from the Derivative Work any reference 
to such Licensor or the Original Author, as requested."

I'm sorry - I actually read those two as one!!!! So much for speed 
reading. :-/
You *can* request removal of attribution. This is great. :-) Yes, it is 
much more elegant than CC 1.0.

A quick web search indicates that pseudonymous copyright claims are 
valid under US law, which makes sense. I'm not sure how someone could 
license something without providing their name at all, though.

Thank you for answering my (unfounded) concerns. Sorry for taking up 
your time with them.

- Rob.