On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:06:12 +0200 Freek Dijkstra wrote: [...] > Francesco, > [one constructive answer to one of my concerns, at last!] > > So it seems to me that CC does not make any more limitations or > restrictions then those that are already there in the law (e.g. the > restriction "you can only buy blank CDs and DVDs if you pay a fee"). > So this part basically says "we can't circumvent the law". Not much > news there, so I would consider the CCv3 equivalent if it simply had > this part removed. So in my view this is a non-issue.
Thanks for adding useful information. What is not clear to me is: if "Non-waivable Compulsory License Schemes" are absurd things such as sort-of-taxes on virgin media (recordable CDs, DVDs, ...), why does the clause included in CC-v3.0 licenses talk about the right to collect royalties "for any exercise by You of the rights granted under this License" ? Here's the text of the clause, again: | e. For the avoidance of doubt: | | i. Non-waivable Compulsory License Schemes. In those | jurisdictions in which the right to collect royalties through | any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme cannot be | waived, the Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect | such royalties for any exercise by You of the rights granted | under this License; I fail to see any connection between buying a CD-R(W) and exercising the rights granted under the license... Hence I cannot understand how can those "Non-waivable Compulsory License Schemes" be things like sort-of-taxes on virgin media. BTW, we have such absurd sort-of-taxes down here in Italy too, unfortunately. :-( In Italy it is called "equo compenso" (literally "fair remediation" or "fair repayment"): what a masterpiece of hypocrisy! -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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