Comments on: this conference is being recorded – Cory Doctorow http://workbookproject.com/2007/03/this-conference-is-being-recorded-cory-doctorow/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:27:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lance weiler http://workbookproject.com/2007/03/this-conference-is-being-recorded-cory-doctorow/comment-page-1/#comment-48 lance weiler Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:08:27 +0000 http://workbookproject.com/?p=174#comment-48 Cory has an excellent <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=1797" rel="nofollow">post</a> on his blog about a recent comic book deal with IDW comics. IDW is a huge player in the comics world. What's fascinating is that Cory has just signed a comic deal for six of his stories which carry Creative Commons Attribution/ShareAlike/Noncommercial licenses. IDW will be releasing them in a commercial way but still keeping the Creative Commons licenses which will allow fans to remix them in non-commercial ways. Here is the language from the deal <blockquote>The exclusive rights granted to Licensee hereunder are subject to a pre-existing Creative Commons license which grants members of the public the irrevocable and nonexclusive right to create their own adaptations of the Licensed Property, including comic books. Such Creative Commons-licensed works may not be sold or distributed for profit. Licensee acknowledges that under the terms of this Creative Commons license, members of the public may create comic book version of the Licensed Property for non-commercial distribution. Licensor agrees not to license the rights which are granted to Licensee hereunder to any competitor of Licensee or to any commercial enterprise intending to create adaptations of the Works for commercial distribution.</blockquote> Cory has an excellent post on his blog about a recent comic book deal with IDW comics. IDW is a huge player in the comics world. What’s fascinating is that Cory has just signed a comic deal for six of his stories which carry Creative Commons Attribution/ShareAlike/Noncommercial licenses. IDW will be releasing them in a commercial way but still keeping the Creative Commons licenses which will allow fans to remix them in non-commercial ways.

Here is the language from the deal

The exclusive rights granted to Licensee hereunder are subject to a pre-existing Creative Commons license which grants members of the public the irrevocable and nonexclusive right to create their own adaptations of the Licensed Property, including comic books. Such Creative Commons-licensed works may not be sold or distributed for profit. Licensee acknowledges that under the terms of this Creative Commons license, members of the public may create comic book version of the Licensed Property for non-commercial distribution. Licensor agrees not to license the rights which are granted to Licensee hereunder to any competitor of Licensee or to any commercial enterprise intending to create adaptations of the Works for commercial distribution.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com >> Blog Archive » Interview with This Conference Is Being Recorded http://workbookproject.com/2007/03/this-conference-is-being-recorded-cory-doctorow/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com >> Blog Archive » Interview with This Conference Is Being Recorded Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:06:58 +0000 http://workbookproject.com/?p=174#comment-47 [...] recorded an interview with Lance Weiler on the This Conference is Being Recorded podcast — we talk about creativity, authorship and Creative [...] [...] recorded an interview with Lance Weiler on the This Conference is Being Recorded podcast — we talk about creativity, authorship and Creative [...]

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