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  • From: David Chart <bydosa AT davidchart.com>
  • To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] 912 emails about DRM
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:49:08 +0900


On 2012/04/14, at 4:39, Rob Myers wrote:

> Finding that you have to host the book on your own web server until it
> is no longer available from any retailer will come as something of a
> shock as well, both technically and financially.

But this is not the case. You don't have to distribute it from your own web
server, and if you stop selling it through Amazon, you no longer have the
responsibility to make the unencumbered version available. If someone else
takes up the task of selling on Amazon, they have to make the unencumbered
version available.

> BY-SA is intended to protect individuals' freedom of speech and
> expression.

I really hope not. It's a copyright licence. It's almost completely
ineffective for that purpose.

If that is the point, then banning distribution in China etc. is a much
higher priority than banning distribution with DRM.

--
David Chart
http://www.davidchart.com/





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