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  • From: "S. Massy" <smassy AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: Javier Candeira <javier AT candeira.com>, 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 18:07:52 +0000

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:31:19AM +1100, Javier Candeira wrote:
> drew Roberts wrote:
> > My take is that artists using NC are either not thinking enough steps
> > ahead
> > just yet, or are full of themselves, or are trying to take advantage of
> > the
> > "commons" for their own private reasons without actually wanting to
> > benefit
> > the "commons." (With a few possible wiggle areas.)
> > Why would I make these claims which may seem harsh?
> >
> > Enough steps ahead: how can any artist make a living "commons wise" when
> > all
> > works end up NC?
>
> ?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?
>
> > Why not leave the option for making money open for all including youself
> > down
> > the road should you be in a position to do so at a later date?
>
> > How do you see NC being a better defense than SA? (Or a stronger SA?)
>
> SA only serves to dilute the scarcity value of copies, making more difficult
> for everyone (including authors) to make money off copies. Free Sofware goes
> around it by making money off services, but unfortunately there aren't many
> high-paying jobs for novelists. Especially now that the Web is slowly
> eroding profits at newspapers.
I must say, this is a concern for writers wishing to use free licenses
whilst still earning a living. Musicians and performing artists still
have the opportunity to perform for profit or release higher quality
versions of their songs/recordings. Photographers and graphic artists
can (and often) do something similar, releasing a low-resolution
version of a picture under a free license and making a higher
resolution available on request or for some form of monetary
compensation. Writers do not really have such alternatives, as a body
of text is a body of text is body of test... Once you've read
something, you've read it; if it is very good, you might wish to read
it again, but are unlikely to wish to read it every day or hang it on
your wall.
S.M.
>
> -- javier
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