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  • From: Peter Brink <peter.brink AT brinkdata.se>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Clarification needed - Copyleft AND Share-Alike with Images
  • Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:53:28 +0100

wolfgang wander skrev:
If you ..., BUILD UPON THIS WORK' which I clearly
understand as an inclusion of my images in editorial content.


Well, that is a misunderstanding. In fact, (IMO) there are two false assumptions here.

A) When you use works (for example a text about racing cars and some photos of such cars) as building blocks to create a collective work, then the components used are treated as having independent copyrights. They might supplement each other but that doesn't make one or the other a derivative work. You of course need permission to copy and publish the works that makes up the collective work but that is granted by the license. An editor that uses your photos to supplement a text on a website does not build upon your work, he copies the photo but he does not adapt it.

B) The CC-licenses are designed to extend the scope of choices available for _creators_ and thereby indirectly extend the freedom of users to re-use. They are not designed to extend one creators control over other creators independent works.

/Peter Brink




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