Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Peter Brink <peter.brink AT brinkdata.se>]

Rob Myers skrev:
> One thing I'm curious about is whether including (e.g.) a short poem 
> makes an essay a derivative of it, or whether that kind of quotation has 
> the same aggregate/collective status as a photographic "quotation".

As far as civil law jurisdictions goes I would assume that the answer is 
no.

drew Roberts skrev:

> Does fixing spelling, punctuation, and other minor things make
> derivative or a cleaned up copy.

AFAIK in civil law jurisdictions the answer is no. In the U.K. probably 
yes. In the U.S.? I'm not sure, it would depend I guess on the level of 
creativity involved and on the amount of editing done.

> Would a collage make a derivative work or a collection of cropped
> works?

If you use parts of other pictures to create a new picture, then in 
civil law jurisdictions the answer is yes.


/Peter Brink