He makes some interesting points, but I don't buy his argument that "no one can actually make use" of the licenses because there are too many of them. Countless people use the licenses for adding someone else's media to their work. I've lost track of the number of times I've utilized CC music in my videos and podcasts, not to mention reprinting CC-licensed essays on my digitaldivide.net website. And rarely a day goes by where I don't hear from someone wanting to use my stuff and reconfirming if something is CC licensed.
The fact that you can customize your license is a major strength, in my mind, rather than a drawback. It's not like there's an infinite number of licenses combinations that would make the whole thing meaningless. Sure, there are 18, but some are media-specific, and others, like Developing Nations, are country specific. I think it's important for people to decide whether or not they want others to share alike, or if they should cite you, or if you want to be notified if they would like to use your work commercially. Putting together the combination of rules that's right for you is what makes CC so powerful. I'm also puzzled about this mystery as to what "commercial use." Isn't commercial use simply any kind of use intended to make a profit? That seems rather straightforward to me.... Creative Commons broken? Hardly; I think it's just getting warmed up.... andy carvin www.andycarvin.com --- In [email protected], "Ms. Kitka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Man, that guy is pernickity... > > Kitka > > > --- In [email protected], Markus Sandy <markus@> wrote: > > > > I think this article may be of interest to many videobloggers: > > > http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/2006/02/creative_commons_is_broken.html > > (here too: > > swik.net/User:alex/Alex+Bosworth%27s+Weblog/Creative+Commons+Is+Broken) > > > > > > There is also a lively discussion about this taking place on the > > cc_license mailing list > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses > > > > > > Perhaps this would make a good topic of discussion for the next > > videobloggers video conference > > http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/Videoblogger_Videoconferences > > Got any good stories related to Creative Commons Licensing? > > Come share them in about 9 hours. > > If you are normally asleep then, stop what you are doing and go to > sleep > > now so you'll be up for the conference ;) > > > > > > markus > > > > -- > > > > > > http://apperceptions.org > > http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com > > http://node101.org > > aim/ichat: markus.sandy@ > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
