Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Antoine" <antoine AT pitrou.net>]

> Well, can a collective work get a copyright on the collective work? Can a
> collection of works get a copyright that covers the collection?

As a sidenote it's a bit annoying to see people ponder "copyright law"
when it's obvious that free licenses should apply in most countries and
not only in the US. Reflecting on details of a particular legal regime
will not give any meaninful insight.

Anyway, over here a collection would be subject to author rights (our
rough equivalent of copyright) as soon as the collection can be considered
a creative work. That is, in most cases. And I'm not a lawyer.

Regards

Antoine.