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  • From: "Jonathon Blake" <jonathon.blake AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] NC considered harmful? Prove it...
  • Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:27:31 +0000

Javier wrote:

¿Exactly how do you expect the novelists currently publishing under a
by-nc-sa license to make a living if they publish their work under by-sa?

In theory, the primary means of distribution of BY-NC-SA is gratis.
That won't generate any revenue for the author.

The secondary means of distribution, which will be non-gratis, will
not generate any revenue for the author.

but unfortunately there aren't many high-paying jobs for novelists.

"Exposure". This is more likely to happen with BY-SA than BY-NC-SA.

xan

jonathon



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