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  • From: Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera AT zmsl.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Case study: Magnatune
  • Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:18:52 +0000

Antoine wrote:
It's *not* the same thing. In a PDF, the text itself is not altered...

In an MP3 however, the work is definitively altered,

In a PDF the work may well be altered simply due to the limitations of an export filter. So, if "altering" is the criteria, then my giving you a PDF file as CC doesn't give you the right to edit the OpenDocument original.

Evan suggested that the criteria might be "creative altering". That is, not just altering in a way that can be automated, but one that actually requires a human (okay, this is a very short summary of a long and detailed line of reasoning).

Take another example : if you are allowed to use a photograph of a
painting, does it mean it also allows you to use the painting itself ? I
don't think so...

Let's not confuse the issue by bringing physical objects. A painting is protected by property rights, independend of the *copy*right. That's why I can't modify it.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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