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Re: Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material

From: evan AT wikitravel.org
To: Haig Shahinian <hyevoltage AT tmail.com>, Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: Re: Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:36:33 -0700

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 09:00:49PM -0400, Haig Shahinian wrote:

> Since my
> income from this corp. would be a direct result of revenues earned
> through hosting and delivery of the cc-licensed content, could this be
> construed as infringement? My guess is most probably.

The wording of the NonCommercial clause is this:

"You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in
any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial
advantage or private monetary compensation."

It seems pretty clear that ads are not allowed.

~ESP

Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material, Haig Shahinian, 08/09/2004
- Re: Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material, James Grimmelmann, 08/09/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material, Haig Shahinian, 08/09/2004
  - Re: Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material, evan, 08/10/2004
  - Re: Ad-based revenue of website containing cc material, James Grimmelmann, 08/10/2004