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Re: [cc-licenses] NC Proposal No. 12: clarifying noncommercial

From: Anthony <osm AT inbox.org>
To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] NC Proposal No. 12: clarifying noncommercial
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 16:59:23 -0400

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:37 PM, jonathon <jonathon.blake AT gmail.com> wrote:
> For the edge case that probably nobody has heard about, but will affect
> all library users in the US:
> * For budgetary reasons, it is cheaper, in the short term, for libraries
> to rent out books, rather than buy them outright. As such, budget
> policies are tilted against purchasing content to lend. Can the
> organization that rents content to libraries, include NC licensed
> material in their offerings?

That'll only really affect library users who don't have decent e-book
reading devices, or who have some sort of aversion to them.

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