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Re: [cc-licenses] multiple licenses of same image

From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
To: peter.brink AT brinkdata.se, Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] multiple licenses of same image
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:17:17 -0800

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 14:03 +0100, Peter Brink wrote:
> A derivative work must be the result of a _creative act_ originating
> from a human being. If a machine down- or upsamples a work there is no
> creative act involved, it's a just a mechanical transformation. A
> "thumbnail" is therefore a copy and not a derivative work.

There is no such thing as "upsampling" so this logic cannot apply to
versions of a work at higher resolution than offered.

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