Creative Commons License Flaws Claimed

bloosqr writes "Dan Heller, in a series of three articles, claims to have found a number of problems with the Creative Commons license, particularly within the realm of photography. In the first article he states there is a problem with people relicensing copyrighted work under the CC license and having subsequent users of that copyrighted work sued by the original owner. In the second article he fleshes out these ideas and states that there is an increased risk of being sued if you use a CC license. Finally, in the third article, he states that people can 'game the CC license' for profit, by suing people who use your CC'd work which you have subsequently revoked from the CC license. This series of blogs has generated a fair amount of discussion on several photography forums, and I would like for the Slashdot community to clarify matters."

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clarification

[fattmatt]

...on slashdot the game is socialism ... so we don't believe in such silly things as copyrights and patents as the community must benefeit at no charge from the works of others ... and without consequence.

Re:The catch with CC

[Captain Splendid]

So what happens when Google Images shows your Flickr pics as search results with ads on the page? That's commercial use isn't it?

Lordy, but that's a tired old argument. You don't work for the print media by any chance?