Comments on: Moving on from Copyleft http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/10/22/moving-on-from-copyleft/ Because I don't like character limits. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:39:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Molly http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/10/22/moving-on-from-copyleft/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 Molly Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:50:55 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=144#comment-2063 Fred, Thanks for sharing your reasoning behind dropping the SA requirement. I've written elsewhere about my problems with Share Alike, and I've been frustrated by the copyleftists' dominant voice in many conversations about Creative Commons. It's nice to hear from someone else for whom SA is not the solution. Also, just to clarify a bit in response to Gabe's question: My understanding is that under the legal definition of a "derivative work" a video that includes a song does not qualify. However, the legal language of the CC-SA and CC-ND licenses explicitly defines a video that uses a song as an "adaptation" that must be licensed under SA, which skirts the issue of whether or not such a thing is technically a derivative work. Fred,
Thanks for sharing your reasoning behind dropping the SA requirement. I’ve written elsewhere about my problems with Share Alike, and I’ve been frustrated by the copyleftists’ dominant voice in many conversations about Creative Commons. It’s nice to hear from someone else for whom SA is not the solution.

Also, just to clarify a bit in response to Gabe’s question: My understanding is that under the legal definition of a “derivative work” a video that includes a song does not qualify. However, the legal language of the CC-SA and CC-ND licenses explicitly defines a video that uses a song as an “adaptation” that must be licensed under SA, which skirts the issue of whether or not such a thing is technically a derivative work.

]]> By: Fred http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/10/22/moving-on-from-copyleft/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Fred Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:58:13 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=144#comment-1087 Things are actually a lot clearer in terms of using music that is copylefted in videos -- by 'synching' a song with a moving picture you're making a derivative of a song, so yes, the video would have to be under the same license. The music industry (song writers in particular) battled long and hard for this in the 1976 statute. Read more about this here: http://mollykleinman.com/2008/08/29/cc-howto-share-alike/ Things are actually a lot clearer in terms of using music that is copylefted in videos — by ‘synching’ a song with a moving picture you’re making a derivative of a song, so yes, the video would have to be under the same license. The music industry (song writers in particular) battled long and hard for this in the 1976 statute. Read more about this here:

http://mollykleinman.com/2008/08/29/cc-howto-share-alike/

]]> By: Gabe http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/10/22/moving-on-from-copyleft/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Gabe Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:29:23 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=144#comment-1086 I've been wondering about the of vague wording behind share-alike. If I place a song that's licensed share-alike in one of my movies, do I have to license my entire film - the dialogue, the images, the audio - under a share-alike license? I'm not exactly modifying the song, I'm just re-contextualizing it as you say. But I am building upon the work. So would the entire film be licensed share-alike, or is the license carried over solely for the song in the film? I’ve been wondering about the of vague wording behind share-alike. If I place a song that’s licensed share-alike in one of my movies, do I have to license my entire film – the dialogue, the images, the audio – under a share-alike license? I’m not exactly modifying the song, I’m just re-contextualizing it as you say. But I am building upon the work. So would the entire film be licensed share-alike, or is the license carried over solely for the song in the film?

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