Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Joachim Durchholz <jo AT durchholz.org>]

Terry Hancock schrieb:
> Joachim Durchholz wrote:
> > Terry Hancock schrieb:
> > > "We buy all rights."
> > > or
> > > "We buy works outright."
> > >
> > > (The latter two mean the same thing, AFAIK).
> > Almost. "All rights" means "all rights that can be transferred under 
> > applicable legislation".
> > In many legislations, some rights are inalienable. E.g. the right to 
> > prevent misrepresentation of the original work - in other words, you can 
> > buy the film rights, but if the author doesn't like what you do with the 
> > story, he can veto the film anyway.
>
> Okay, sure. But in those jurisdictions the two statements would still
> mean the same thing. Because those certain rights are "inalienable", so
> you can't sell them. Right?

The difference is that "we buy works outright" simply is not an option 
in these legislations.

Regards,
Jo