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Re: [cc-licenses] Direct Damages?

From: Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.name>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: Mara Hancock <mara AT media.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Direct Damages?
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:34:35 -0500

On Tue, 2007-09-01 at 16:20 -0800, Mara Hancock wrote:
> Hi -- I recently had one of our UC general counsel review the 2.5
> license so we can use it on our open video content
> (webcast.berkeley.edu). She was concerned about the lack of disclaimer
> or cap on the liability for direct damages.

I'm not a lawyer, but isn't section 5 a disclaimer of warranty, and
section 6 a limitation on liability?

Or does "direct damages" mean something particular here, not covered by
section 6?

-Evan

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Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.name>

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[cc-licenses] Direct Damages?, Mara Hancock, 01/09/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] Direct Damages?, Evan Prodromou, 01/09/2007
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