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[Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>]

On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 10:07AM, <Damian.Rafferty AT Culture.gsi.gov.uk> 
wrote:

>One of the thorny 'yes buts...' I am hearing a lot in regard to CC is "what
>happens if young creators license their early work under CC and then rue the
>day forever more?"

Like Prince, George Michael, and everyone else who has ever made a decision 
about how to license their work that they have later regretted, these "young 
creators" should think very hard and get good independent advice before doing 
anything that will affect their future rights.

Ruing the day is far more common with closed contracts than with open 
licenses. You can just re-release your own open work as closed for starters, 
particularly with music. 

>What response can you give to this?

When people ask this, which particular license do they have in mind? 

And why are they assuming that the money that "young creators" lose on this 
immature work won't be more than offset by the money they make on the more 
mature work that they will be enabled to make to make because the CC 
licensing helps them buld their career?

- Rob.