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Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?

From: Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.name>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:37:40 -0400

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 08:59 +0200, Karl Ebener wrote:

> and CC writes (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7680):
> "So did the photographer violate Ms. Chang’s rights?
> We certainly don’t think so. We don’t believe any court should find that
> Justin Wong had violated Ms. Chang’s rights simply by posting this photo
> of her in Flickr, however it was licensed. Cool (as in using Flickr, and
> even better, using Flickr with CC licenses) can’t be a crime."

Yeah, as far as I know courts haven't really upheld the "cool can't be a
crime" principle in other areas of jurisdiction (drugs, drag-racing, and
high-powered explosives are three areas that spring immediately to
mind).

-Evan

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Evan Prodromou <evan AT prodromou.name>

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[cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Karl Ebener, 10/04/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Andres Guadamuz, 10/04/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, paola . dimaio, 10/04/2007
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Dana Powers, 10/04/2007
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Jordan S Hatcher, 10/05/2007
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Karl Ebener, 10/05/2007
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Jordan S Hatcher, 10/05/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, rob, 10/05/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Evan Prodromou, 10/04/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Joichi Ito, 10/04/2007
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, paola . dimaio, 10/04/2007
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, drew Roberts, 10/05/2007
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Terry Hancock, 10/06/2007
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, drew Roberts, 10/06/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law?, Kat Walsh, 10/04/2007