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  • From: "Ian Brockbank" <ian AT scottishdance.net>
  • To: "'Tom Chance'" <tom AT acrewoods.net>, <cc-uk AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Cc-uk] On Creativity, Computers and Copyright
  • Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:56:16 +0100

Hi Tom,

> Ahoy,
>
> I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on Orlowski's
> claims that CC is
> redundant because:
>
> - people remix and what have you anyway
> - original works are more important (easy to debunk)
> - it just creates complicated mechanisms for what already happens
>
> Are we caught up in our own dystopian hysteria, or do we
> really need CC as a
> bulwark against encroachments on creativity? Is CC a clumsy
> legal mechanism
> that obscures more fluid social practices?

I use CC for the Scottish Country Dances I write. What I like about it is
that it gives me a standard mechanism for saying "you can dance/perform
and copy these as much as you like for your non-profit use [e.g. ball
programmes], but please acknowledge me and don't republish them for profit".

Cheers,

Ian Brockbank
Edinburgh, Scotland
ian AT scottishdance.net
http://www.scottishdance.net/





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