tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post7199462532745988256..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Creative Commons, We Have a ProblemGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-25863495892241329592009-06-08T15:21:38.109+00:002009-06-08T15:21:38.109+00:00Well, even the superstitious can have their hearts...Well, even the superstitious can have their hearts in the right place.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-30575864472017761972009-06-08T15:18:37.968+00:002009-06-08T15:18:37.968+00:00Creative Commons exists for those who still believ...Creative Commons exists for those who still believe copyright matters and remains effective: to them, their audience, and publishing corporations.<br /><br />Given that these days it's only the traditional relationship between authors and publishing corporations for which copyright has any significant effect, Creative Commons serves primarily as a superstitious ward among the cognoscenti, a secret sign as it were. It serves not to protect the author's work from copying but to ward their audience from prosecution (and consequently to protect the author from their audience's opprobrium from any future publishing agent's spite).<br /><br />The public will treat (cc) with as much respect as (C), i.e. none at all.Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-3440967569664662842009-06-07T15:50:46.785+00:002009-06-07T15:50:46.785+00:00indeed, that richness is certainly a problem.indeed, that richness is certainly a problem.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-78492949376822500182009-06-07T15:24:52.821+00:002009-06-07T15:24:52.821+00:00And then there’s the people who proudly describe t...And then there’s the people who proudly describe their work as being licensed under “a Creative Commons license”, apparently ignorant that there are many different CC licenses with highly varying restrictions.mpthttp://mpt.net.nz/noreply@blogger.com