Re: CC-BY : "clarification letter" ?

[Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>]

Jamie Fox wrote:

> >     (*) The license does not interfere with fair-use rights. For
> >     example, you can always quote from our work and attribute the text.
> 
> To me this seems unnecessary; section 2 of the CC-BY licence is:
> 
>   2. Fair Use Rights. Nothing in this license is intended to reduce,
>   limit, or restrict any rights arising from fair use, first sale or
>   other limitations on the exclusive rights of the copyright owner under
>   copyright law or other applicable laws.

Indeed... good catch.

But that means that concern #2 deserves another look. Jeremy daid:

   "The case we're worried about that seems most egregious (e.g., a 
   biography, and you're required to purge the name of the subject 
   because he happens to have contributed some material and he doesn't 
   like the result) is probably not intentional."

But those cases are covered by Fair Use rights. You are always allowed to 
say "Jeremy said ..." :) or to put someone's work (and name) on a 
bibliography, or a footnote. Those are all "fair use".

Right?

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