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  • From: drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] NonDerivative NonCommercial Licenses
  • Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:54:45 -0500

On Tuesday 07 March 2006 05:58 pm, Jonathon Blake wrote:
> Drew wrote:
> > Greg, you do not specifically address his point though. I think from what
> > you are saying, you would tell him to just use BY-NC and he will get the
> > same bang for the buck as BY-NC-SA, the thing is, he is considering only
> > BY-NC-ND or BY-NC-SA.
>
> This is an issue I have touched upon before.
>
> Based upon the feedback I've had, people do not understand the BY-NC
> licence. [Their questions invariably are
>
> i) Can I redistribute this?
> ii) Can I make an extract of this?
>
> With either BY-NC-ND or BY-NC-SA, the question I get is "I want to use
> this in my church. Is that OK.?"

Regardless of what CC has to say with respect to BY-NC and BY-NC-ND and
BY-NC-SA, this link may impact the answer to that question as well:

http://www.mpa.org/copyright/church.html#9

"Yes, "the religious services exemption" in the Copyright Law permits for the
performance of copyrighted religious works in the course of services at
places of worship or at religious assemblies."

Seems there is something called "the religious services exemption" - does
anyone else know more about this?

I have been wondering lately about copyright on religious works and the US
seperation of church and state idea.
>
> xan
>
> jonathon
> --
> Ethical conduct is a vice.
> Corrupt conduct is a virtue.
>
> Motto of Nacarima.

all the best,

drew
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