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  • From: Karl Ebener <myonlyb AT vollbio.de>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Lawsuit over Virgin Mobile's and Ethical Use
  • Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:26:55 +0200

Hi,

I would like to support Drew as for a German Law-point-of-view:
Following German law, the CC are general terms and conditions and therefore must be very specific so that the user can easily understand what is allowed and what is not. NC is complicated enough, but I think that most judges will be confident that they can interpret this theirselves since commercial is a term used in other areas of law as well.
But the term "ethical" is subject to too much change and interpretation and would most certainly render the clause void...

Yours,
Karl

drew Roberts schrieb:
On Friday 28 September 2007 11:47 pm, paola.dimaio AT gmail.com wrote:
Charles

Can you give a complete definition with what "ethical" means?
Well, we are still discussing what 'commercial' means, right?
Even commercial is not that straightforward

We have non commercial use, not better specified
Then we can also have 'ethical' use, and work it out later

Please no. It will make all the CC licenses basically unuseable. And certainly not for any works that do not contain visual representations of peoples likenesses. And also especially not for BY amd BY-SA licenses. I personally would not object as strongly to such use in anyhting with NC or ND even though I think it ill advised there as well.

There is a point in a free society where we need to do good by our fellow man and leave them to be responsible for their abuses.

Even the Free Software folks, who many might inagine would want anti military bits in, left them out to keep the code Free.

Now, if you or someone else can come up will clean language that somehow will make this work without all the confusion...
It's not so difficult. It's a simple condition that allows to use CC
licensed work only
if it is not used for (see annex). In the annex you can put what you want

This would kill any SA sharing and re-use.
The work covered under this licenses, and any parts thereof, cannot be
used in conjunction with any of the following usages

- illegal activities (any country)

And this would stop someone why? Is a person willing to abuse a child gonn have second thoughts about abusing your copyright?

- activities against human rights charter
- activities that exploit and abuse people especially children

See above.
- to sell unhealthy product and products that harm the environment

Now, this may be possible. A clause to the effect, that commercial does not cover "endorsement" uses perhaps? Especially with respect to peoples images again.
etcetera

Any usage that is not in the black list, would not require permission
Any usage that is in the black list, is prohibited

If it is a standard back list... But if each person gets to put in their own back list... Kiss SA goodbye...
simple as that

Unless you are using the word "ethical" is way that I'm unfamiliar
with... "ethics" are rules that a person voluntarily chooses to
follow. And which rules do and don't make up their "ethical code" is
up to them.
I chose not to drink coke, and to to eat McDonalds hamburgers, and not
to promote
pornography and belligerant and slanderous websites, and not to do
phisihing scams nor hack other people property and generally be
respectful and kind

All well and good.
and I am also responsible for the work that I produce not be used
against my principles

Keep it to yourself then. In a Free society, you are not responsible for this. Those who do the dirty works are responsible.
(In other words... for each person... what is and isn't ethical is
different.)
sure - but we all agree in principle on certain points, right?

If only...
Now... the problem with putting an "ethical" clause into a license is
that if you do NOT completely define and explicitly list what the
rules that make up your "ethical code", then things are completely
ambiguous. And a person won't know what they can and can't do.
agreed. Let me start working on a an ANNEX


Cheers

Paola

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all the best,

drew
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