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Re: [cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website
- From: jonathon <jblake AT eskimo.com>
- To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:53:22 +0000
Terry Hancock wrote:
> You can't offer the NC material AT ALL.*
Assuming that the website owner is not the author of the NC material, I
would agree with you. The other exception would be if both the author,
and the copyright owner, placed the material on the website.
> This is why NC is stupid, and should be deleted, expunged, deprecated, and
> shunned. ;-)
The issue with the NC license, is what, and how it defines "commercial"
activity. Especially since:
i) The published guidelines strongly imply that one set of users, that
usually considers itself, and is defined by most people as being
"non-commercal", is defined by the license as being "commercial";
ii) The published guidelines describe how to sell the material, without
violating the contract;
-
[cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website,
Shanan, 04/26/2006
- Re: [cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website, Peter Brink, 04/27/2006
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Re: [cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website,
Terry Hancock, 04/27/2006
- Re: [cc-licenses] CC "non-commercial" content in a commercial website, jonathon, 04/27/2006
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