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littletonkslover wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

littletonkslover wrote:

well that's stupid

How so?    Unless you can't completely remember where the original image was from or who the original artist is, it's not that hard to track down an original image and just check if a permissive license was used or if the original owner gave some kind of permission beforehand.

doesn't it mean that if you spent hours on some work like a game, music, or art someone could take it and if you defy them you're the one who's at fault?

In a sense, yes, you kind of would be a fault assuming that the original work was released under a CC license and the person followed the CC license rules accordingly. Same idea goes for any permissive license. One might be able to argue against the use of the work if they feel it misrepresents the original owner or credit is misplaced/not given - but beyond that, so long as the rules of the permissive license is used then the original owner cannot stop anyone who may want to use the original work.

Regular copyright means that you own the piece, and as such it requires others to contact you first for permission. Using a CC license, however, means that you still keep the copyright to the piece, but you allow others to use it so long as they follow the rules of that CC license (they don't need to contact you, that's considered optional).

In other words - if you don't want others using your art, music, game, etc. then don't release it under a CC license or permissive license of sorts. For example, if someone wanted to show off his/her their music but didn't want other using it, then using Newgrounds as a way to show off music is a bad option because music uploaded to Newgrounds usually gets a CC license attached to it. Another example: if someone had stock photos but wanted permission first before the photos were used by other artists, then deviantART is a bad option because dA's stock submission rules allows anybody to freely use any stock uploaded to dA [provided the stock use guidelines are followed].

It's only "stupid" for those who release their work under a CC license or any permissive license of sorts without realizing what it is until it's too late. For future reference, whenever you use a site to show off your work, it's good to always look up the policy of a site regarding submission before submitting anything, because if you want to keep a full copyright of your work, then you must make sure that the site doesn't add any extra permissive license to your work.

Last edited by cheddargirl (2011-09-26 01:25:45)