Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Jessica Coates <j2.coates AT qut.edu.au>]

People might be interested in this response from CC VP Mike Linksvayer, too:

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15526 


Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology
 
ph: 07 3138 8301
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email: j2.coates AT qut.edu.au

-----Original Message-----
From: cc-nz-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
[mailto:cc-nz-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sam Stephens
Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 4:26 PM
To: Creative Commons Aotearoa (NZ)
Subject: [Cc-nz] Interesting article about public domain abuse

Overall an informative and thought provoking article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/26/copyfraud/

However the section about Creative Commons is poorly stated. If third
parties erroneously publish public domain works under CC licenses,
that's not something Creative Commons has control. And the
representation of CC Public Domain as some kind of grab of intellectual
property is just daft.

Well worth reading apart from that, though. Definitely agree that the
public domain needs the same explicit protections that copyright stuff
has. Although the root issue of big corps having more legal power than
the plebs isn't going to be going to be solved by making new laws.

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