Ugh. Even before checking to see if Creative Commons had a comment on this I was sure from my own past reading of their licenses that this was inaccurate (at
least the part about Creative Commons trying to seize the public domain for itself). They in fact have a reply to the article at: Copyfraud and CC Ignorance.
To quote the first essential bit, "Creative Commons does not have any "authority to administer" the public domain, whatever that means. Our
public
domain tools are not licenses - there is no "Creative Commons Public Domain License". CC0 is a waiver that allows a copyright holder, to the
extent possible, to release all restrictions on a copyrighted work worldwide."
CC0 actually serves a useful purpose that I can see right away. Any tool that is set up to recognize Creative Commons licenses, if it recognizes the whole
slate, will by it's very nature also recognize the public domain as an option.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.
least the part about Creative Commons trying to seize the public domain for itself). They in fact have a reply to the article at: Copyfraud and CC Ignorance.
To quote the first essential bit, "Creative Commons does not have any "authority to administer" the public domain, whatever that means. Our
public
domain tools are not licenses - there is no "Creative Commons Public Domain License". CC0 is a waiver that allows a copyright holder, to the
extent possible, to release all restrictions on a copyrighted work worldwide."
CC0 actually serves a useful purpose that I can see right away. Any tool that is set up to recognize Creative Commons licenses, if it recognizes the whole
slate, will by it's very nature also recognize the public domain as an option.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.