Comments on: Content licensing changes you should be aware of http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/ Musings about collaborative writing, storytelling, and the evolution of publishing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the protagonize blog » Selecting your own content license http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-524 the protagonize blog » Selecting your own content license Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:30:34 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-524 [...] a little turmoil around Protagonize’s global site licensing policies last week, I’ve completed the changes I had discussed in my previous [...] [...] a little turmoil around Protagonize’s global site licensing policies last week, I’ve completed the changes I had discussed in my previous [...]

]]> By: Lee http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-523 Lee Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:43 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-523 Thanks much for keeping us informed about the changes...I actually found out about Protag through a tweet from @creativecommons. Thanks much for keeping us informed about the changes…I actually found out about Protag through a tweet from @creativecommons.

]]> By: FogCat http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-522 FogCat Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:35:17 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-522 Very good! -Fogs Very good!
-Fogs

]]> By: Nick http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-521 Nick Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:44:57 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-521 @Kaiyuga Exactly — also, the posts on Protagonize are also visibly timestamped, so you can always point back to your posts here for reference, if someone decides to plagiarize it. @Kaiyuga Exactly — also, the posts on Protagonize are also visibly timestamped, so you can always point back to your posts here for reference, if someone decides to plagiarize it.

]]> By: Kaiyuga http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-520 Kaiyuga Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:43:31 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-520 Well, logically, if people try to steal it on the internet, you have the time stamp on the file. I always save my work in Microsoft Word just to make sure there's a time stamp on it in case I DO come across someone trying to plagiarize my work. Well, logically, if people try to steal it on the internet, you have the time stamp on the file. I always save my work in Microsoft Word just to make sure there’s a time stamp on it in case I DO come across someone trying to plagiarize my work.

]]> By: Delorfinde http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-519 Delorfinde Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:35:04 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-519 Grr, evil people :D I was telling my English teacher about Protag and she was saying it sounded interesting - and then she said, but you posted your work up there! What if someone nicks it? And I hadn't thought of that. I felt a bit silly. Grr, evil people :D I was telling my English teacher about Protag and she was saying it sounded interesting – and then she said, but you posted your work up there! What if someone nicks it?

And I hadn’t thought of that. I felt a bit silly.

]]> By: Nick http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-518 Nick Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:49:53 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-518 @delorfinde Well, they would have had to have put your name on it in order to actually follow the directions of the license, which would make the whole plagiarism thing moot. If they actually were to steal your work without crediting you, that's pretty much unavoidable online, unfortunately. @delorfinde Well, they would have had to have put your name on it in order to actually follow the directions of the license, which would make the whole plagiarism thing moot.

If they actually were to steal your work without crediting you, that’s pretty much unavoidable online, unfortunately.

]]> By: Delorfinde http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-517 Delorfinde Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:33:02 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-517 So does that mean if someone liked your piece of work they could nick it for their GCSE coursework? I guess that could have happened before, I just never thought about it. (If you don't know, being Canadian and that, GCSEs are exams you take when you're 15 or 16 at English secondary schools. Just to clear that one up!) So does that mean if someone liked your piece of work they could nick it for their GCSE coursework? I guess that could have happened before, I just never thought about it.

(If you don’t know, being Canadian and that, GCSEs are exams you take when you’re 15 or 16 at English secondary schools. Just to clear that one up!)

]]> By: Nick http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-516 Nick Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:10:25 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-516 @AshLynne Well, technically, yes, but that assumes that they give you proper attribution (i.e. credit to the original author and a link back to the work) and that the work is re-posted under the same license. This is the license the site has operated under since launching (it's in the footer on every page of the site, and in the Terms of Use you agreed to when you signed up). The addition I'm describing here prevents anyone from re-posting content for commercial gain, which was possible before. Now, it isn't, so it protects our authors from commercial exploitation by unscrupulous third parties. If anything isn't clear about that, please let me know. @AshLynne Well, technically, yes, but that assumes that they give you proper attribution (i.e. credit to the original author and a link back to the work) and that the work is re-posted under the same license. This is the license the site has operated under since launching (it’s in the footer on every page of the site, and in the Terms of Use you agreed to when you signed up).

The addition I’m describing here prevents anyone from re-posting content for commercial gain, which was possible before. Now, it isn’t, so it protects our authors from commercial exploitation by unscrupulous third parties.

If anything isn’t clear about that, please let me know.

]]> By: AshLynne http://blog.protagonize.com/2010/06/14/content-licensing-changes-you-should-be-aware-of/#comment-515 AshLynne Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:24:09 +0000 http://blog.protagonize.com/?p=896#comment-515 Wait, does that mean we can basically use anything anyone's written as long as we're not going to sell it? I'm slightly confused. Ash x Wait, does that mean we can basically use anything anyone’s written as long as we’re not going to sell it? I’m slightly confused.

Ash x

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