That's an interesting question. If the license isn't recognised, why
wouldn't the penalty be the same as it would for any other infringement
of copyright?
-=Steve=-
-------- Original Message --------
From: Roger Powley \(Shaw 2\) <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed 12 Jun 2013 02:13:45 PM EDT
To: 'Open Educational Resources - an online discussion forum',
oer-university
Cc: 'OER Advocacy Coalition', 'George Siemens', OER-DISCUSS, 'Tim G.
Howard', 'Educause Openness Constituent Group'
Subject: [OER] Creative Commons Licence Enforcement
Organizations and individuals can elect to licence their educational
materials using one of the six CC licences. But what happens if another
organization or individual chooses to ignore this licence and use or
sell the materials in violation of the licence guidelines? In Canada we
have copyright laws like every other country in the world, but I am not
sure the courts would recognize the Creative Commons copyright. How
does one enforce a copyright licence when it is not codified into
national or international laws? What penalties if any exist for those
who do not comply to the licence?
Cheers, Roger
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