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You also rely on copyright...
... if you want to put out works under Creative Commons (or the GPL for that matter). You retain the copyright, but grant specific rights of reuse to people who reuse the content in accordance with your wishes, for example by not further restricting use.

Without coppyright protection, you cannot constrain future users from doing anything, and that would include placing unwanted restrictions on other users.

Copyright UNDERPINS the open source and creative commons movements.
Posted by: A.Sinic   Posted on: 10/24/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Sheesh...  John Le'Brecage | 10/21/06
News is not copyrighted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
You're right  Shelendrea | 10/23/06
No gray at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
Yes but  Shelendrea | 10/23/06
What about fair use?  tic swayback | 10/23/06
Fair use  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
So is copyrights  voska | 10/23/06
Wow. Just wow.  tic swayback | 10/23/06
Gotta totally disagree with that one, No Ax...  Allstar_z | 10/23/06
Fair use has NOTHING to do  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
So what if they are  voska | 10/23/06
Making money is irrelevant  tic swayback | 10/23/06
YouTube is not fair use.  osreinstall | 10/23/06
It certainly can be  tic swayback | 10/23/06
Maybe, but is it worth it.  osreinstall | 10/23/06
But YouTube has safe harbor  tic swayback | 10/24/06
Appearing to do something goes a long way.  osreinstall | 10/24/06
Fair use, what fair use?  jdubow@... | 10/23/06
Copyright  WhiteKnight77 | 10/24/06
copyright  fionncreagh@... | 10/23/06
correct.  nhac | 10/23/06
You also rely on copyright...  A.Sinic | 10/24/06
Registering  WhiteKnight77 | 10/24/06
Sorry, you're wrong  orangemike | 10/23/06
FOX & The Simpsons  majoritywhip | 10/21/06
Simpsons ratings went down because  fasteight | 10/21/06
I'm Talking About Back In The Day  majoritywhip | 10/21/06
In the early 90s  voska | 10/23/06
Sued into oblivion  sigmaman1 | 10/21/06
What are you folks smoking?  BeGoneFool | 10/21/06
I can feel your anger  majoritywhip | 10/21/06
There Loss not mine  chrisjenx2001 | 10/23/06
They have legit fears  voska | 10/23/06
well this will not change a thing  Quebec-french | 10/23/06
So you're cheering for the scum...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
well if you see it that way  Quebec-french | 10/23/06
Of course it can...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
Still wouldn't stop  voska | 10/23/06
Not necessarily cheering...  tic swayback | 10/23/06
Hogwash...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
So you agree with the original poster?  tic swayback | 10/23/06
No, what is needed is MUCH  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
But that's not working  tic swayback | 10/23/06
5 years first offense 10 for subsequent  Edward Meyers | 10/24/06
Anyone else think Youtube has met it's match in the almighty dollar?  BitTwiddler | 10/23/06
It was only a matter of time  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
well this time  Quebec-french | 10/23/06
What pact?  voska | 10/23/06
voska sorry for the english  Quebec-french | 10/23/06
I see  voska | 10/23/06
True enough...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/23/06
YouTube has always been law-abiding  tic swayback | 10/23/06
A matter of education  filipiak | 10/23/06
Schools and universities are notorious violators  orangemike | 10/23/06
I could be mistaken but...  glocks out | 10/23/06
You are in fact completely mistaken  orangemike | 10/23/06
Correct  tic swayback | 10/23/06
"Fair Use" not crystal  D-cat | 10/24/06
Out of control...  chas_2 | 10/23/06
sucks  nhac | 10/23/06
It's destroying our culture (n/t)  Henrick Ericcson | 10/24/06
So does YouTube not even notice  laurasauvary@... | 10/24/06

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