Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Robin Sheat <robin AT kallisti.net.nz>]

On Thursday 10 August 2006 21:30, Danyl Strype wrote:
> would be enforcable under NZ contract law ie by using your licensed  
> material people implicitly agree to the terms of the license and if  
Just a point of pedantry, when dealing with legal things, I like to keep all 
terms square :) Using a copyrighted work doesn't involve copyright at all[0]. 
You don't have to agree to a CC license, or any other copyright-based 
license, to use something. You can read the book all you want, the copyright 
holder cannot stop you. To copy, make derivative works, etc., only then must 
they follow the terms.

I also don't think it's covered by contract law, it's specifically covered by 
copyright law (although it does seem to behave like a contract). However, I'm 
no lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV :)

Glad to hear the meeting went well, it's sounding like a good start!

[0] there has been debate (in the US at least, 15-20 odd years ago IIRC) on 
this to do with software: does copying something into RAM comprise a possible 
violation? I think that some places have 'copying as an essential part of 
use' not being in potential violation of copyright. I don't know where New 
Zealand stands on this issue.

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