A CC licence doesn't pre-clude commercial dealings, rather, I think it
gives back the author control.
I agree, if you don't make money off your work, then using CC would be
excellent way of allowing your work to enter the Public Domain - a
domain that's in threat.
Roger
On 3/23/07, meikamonagmail <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Roger
>
> I agree
>
> GO CC!
>
> If you can't make a living off of it anyway, share it or give it away!
>
> IP (Intellectual Property) laws are a new form of undead.
>
> Stake their hearts with the creative commons licence.
>
> meika
> http://meika.loofs-samorzewski.com
>
>
> On 23/03/2007, at 21:52, Roger Day wrote:
>
> > The trouble is in these days of copyright mania and Digital Rights
> > Management (DRM), it's a hot topic, with a lot of money behind it from
> > the music and film industries; the extensions of copyright and the US
> > Digital Millenium Copyright Act were driven by Disney[1] and the music
> > industry (with parallels in most Western countries, driven in part by
> > trade agreements with the USA, in part by home-turf companies), but
> > they directly affect everyone else. If we're not careful,
> > "Intellectual Property Rights" and DRM will lock away our culture and
> > lock-down the creative engine of borrowing completely. I don't think
> > it's too strong to say that future artists will be *completely* at the
> > mercy of corporations if this is allowed to happen; and we will be a
> > lot poorer for it.
> >
> > Most of the above is done in the name of the artist - and that's you
> > and me, I'm afraid even if, in reality, the publisher owns the
> > copyright. Yes, I know people get very little out of royalties, and
> > the contract is something which usually isn't negotiated in detail,
> > and poets don't operate from a position of power in this relationship,
> > and we tend to think that, as poetry doesn't make money, poetry comes
> > under the radar. But times are changing, and I don't think that poetry
> > publishing will be immune from the pressures of other publishing
> > industries. To avert this, I'm advocating that poets try and retain
> > the moral right to assert copyright over their own work, in a manner
> > of their choosing:
> >
> > http://creativecommons.org/
> >
> > is one way.
> >
> > OK, so I'm now off my hobby horse ...
> >
> > Roger
> >
>
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