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[Chris Adams <chrisdaggimoh AT mac.com>]

Hi all,

Apologies for sounding naive/out of my depth here.

I'm the editor of The Smoke, the student magazine at the University of 
Westminster, and I'm very, very interested in the development of the 
creative commons project.

As part of the students union, much of our energy goes to campaigning 
on issues, and seeing as we have a very large creative school (music, 
film, new media etc.), I'm keen to feature the CC concept in an 
article, shift the magazine's own license to a more lax CC style 
license, and ultimately, talk the university into reviewing it's policy 
on students' creative property (right now, it's a bit hazy, but most 
lecturers and staff er towards "we own you, little undergrad - 
bwahahaha").

I'm a media student, and I'm not au fait with copyright law, despite 
reading lessig's books, we the media etc., and around other stuff 
around the subject.

As the editor of the magazine, I'm liable for any legal slipups - what 
pitfalls should I be aware of if I'm thinking of moving to a more lax 
copyright license for the mag?

Nearly all content is voluntary to the mag, so I don't feel right about 
indiscriminately locking away students' work in a big fat copyright 
license on the mag.

Also, how about adverts and such like? I've got this vision of 
copyright licenses like a kind of shrink wrapper for the whole mag, 
that locks everything inside it away behind the 'all rights reserved' 
tag.

If I'm way off the mark, let me know.

I'm keen to learn, and prove that the licenses are viable commercially 
(well... at least pseudo-commercially: union media is partially 
subsidised).

C

Chris Adams
Communications Officer
University of Westminster Students Union
m: 07974 368 229
t: 0207 911 5000 ext. 2333
supubs AT wmin.ac.uk
w: www.uwsu.com
Chris Adams
Communications Officer
University of Westminster Students Union
m: 07974 368 229
t: 0207 911 5000 ext. 2333
supubs AT wmin.ac.uk
w: www.uwsu.com