Development of Creative Commons licenses

[drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>]

On Fri, 18 May 2012 18:37:40 +0000, jonathon <jonathon.blake AT gmail.com>
wrote:
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> On 16/05/12 20:26, Heather Morrison wrote:
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>> 2.   Does letting mean letting for monetary compensation from a legal 
>> perspective?
> 
> That depends upon the specific jurisdiction. In general, "letting"
>  equates to "compensation for the use or possession of property, for a
> period of time". However, "lend" also comes into play here, and it
> usually equates to "parting with a thing of value for either a fixed, or
> indefinite period. Such item, or something equivalent must be returned
> when originally established, or lawfully requested".
> 
>>Lending without monetary compensation should not be prohibited, IMHO.
> 
> Is a library fine "lending without monetary compensation"?
> How about a library that charges a membership fee?
> How about a library that requires a deposit to check out material?
> 
> 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?

I don't get that last question jonathon.

Isn't it the same answer as:

Can the organization that sells content to libraries, include NC
licensed 
material in their offerings?

But isn't the pertinent question whether those libraries that
customarily rent books get NC licensed books and loan them out?

Are those libraries somehow restrained into only lending our rented
books? Cant' they rent one set of books and get the NC books in another
fashion?
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> jonathon

all the best,

drew