discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[pinna <pinna AT autistici.org>]

Ryan Shaw wrote:
> Lucas Gonze wrote:
>
> > It strikes me that it would be very convenient to have CC tagging 
> > incorporated in the standard tagging tools.  id3tag, mpginfo, etc.
>
>
> This reminds me of something I've been wondering about. Suppose the
> tools you mentioned are updated to include CC metadata writing support.
> It becomes very simple for anyone to CC-tag MP3s. Now suppose some
> dishonest people start tagging MP3s in which they don't own the
> copyright with CC metadata pointing to false license info pages (hosted
> some lawless place alongside online casinos and porn sites). These MP3s
> are then released onto P2P networks, blogged, etc. Is there any way a
> search agent can distinguish these falsely CC-licensed files from
> actually CC-licensed files?


maybe a comparison with free software would be useful. when you 
download free software sources, you also get a license that says 
"you're free to ... etc etc".
but if you download sources from a unofficial, unknown mirror, you may 
get bad sources, weird licenses and so on. e.g.: you may download a 
proprietary software with a license that says "this is free software".
instead, if you download sources from a official, well-known mirror, 
you're quite sure you're downloading good sources and a license you 
can trust to.
a search agent could state "you can trust this license" if the 
metadata point to an official license info website (or mirror) only.

however, unfortunately i have not examined cclicenselib, so i 
apologize if i misunderstood the meaning of "license info pages".

bye
pinna