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While the museum motivations are quite shady, this is the first time I see the CC-BY-NC-SA license being described as "legally meaningless lawyer language", "sc
by JorgeGT 7y ago
While the museum motivations are quite shady, this is the first time I see the CC-BY-NC-SA license being described as "legally meaningless lawyer language", "scary" and "giant keep out sign". FWIW, I saw plenty of people taking photos of the bust anyway...
- bhickey 7y agoRe-read it. The author isn't describing CC-BY-NC-SA as meaningless. He's describing its use by Neues as legally meaningless because Neues doesn't have an enforceable copyright to the bust or scans of the bust.
- lima 7y agoHe describes it as "scary language" and a "giant “keep out” sign", which is FUD that does accurately represent the CC-BY-NC-SA license.
- detaro 7y agoI don't think that's what they're saying (they're saying slapping a CC license on a work you can't/shouldn't be able to hold a copyright on that would give you the right to attach a license to is meaningless), but the CC-NC provision is often criticized for being quite unclear and a risk.