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Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing

From: Anthony <osm AT inbox.org>
To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam AT benfinney.id.au>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 10:35:47 -0400

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:57 AM, drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 May 2012 01:48:44 Ben Finney wrote:
>> > Common sense and honesty should be enough to prompt people to disclaim
>> > when they have changed the spirit of someone else's writings. Not
>> > everything needs to be formalized in a legal license.
>>
>> Defamation law, fraud law, and other similar laws are better positioned
>> to protect the author's meaning and intent in their work. Copyright is a
>> poor tool for the job, and as many others have pointed out we have
>> better tools available.
>
> Actually, many of us don't or don't know what we have.
>
> Those other laws are certainly the proper tool for the job if they were well
> built and maintained.

I don't see how this is certain at all. What do defamation law and
fraud law have to do with moral rights over a copyrighted work?

Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Ben Finney, 05/08/2012
- Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, drew Roberts, 05/08/2012
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Anthony, 05/08/2012
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, drew Roberts, 05/08/2012
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Anthony, 05/08/2012
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Antoine Pitrou, 05/08/2012
    - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, drew Roberts, 05/08/2012
      - Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Antoine Pitrou, 05/09/2012
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Ben Finney, 05/09/2012
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Rob Myers, 05/10/2012
        
        Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Ben Finney, 05/11/2012
        Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Rob Myers, 05/12/2012
        Re: [cc-licenses] Disclaimers for works of opinion as an incentive to free licensing, Ben Finney, 05/12/2012