Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On 19 May 2005, at 20:51, Sincaglia, Nicolas wrote:

> As I see it, this DRM clause is an obstacle to creating a healthy
> business ecosystem for the creative community.

As I see it, maintaining unhealthy business models is an obstacle to  
a healthy, DRM-free creative ecosystem for the community.

Allowing DRM-encumbered CC content would be such a backdoor that the  
licenses would become utterly ineffective.

Does anyone still use RealMedia anyway? The BBC tried OGG a while  
back and I think they do MP3 now.

> How can the independent artist and the independent business  
> communities
> come together and compete in a meaningful way against the corporate
> media machines when we can't even play on the same playing fields?

Fetishising the toys of the "corporate media machines"' protectionist  
technology certainly won't level the playing field.

Keep the DRM clause. Lose the over-priced, under-featured, anti- 
consumer technology.

- Rob.