Re: [Commons-l] [WikiEN-l] International Olympic Committee tells Flickr user to change license

2009-10-10 Thread Maarten Dammers
Sage Ross schreef: Yes, but the CC-BY-SA license is also (usually understood as) a contract. I don't think the IOC is arguing that Giles doesn't own the copyright to his photos. But agreeing to terms and conditions is different from walking past a no photos sign. Contracts can be broken,

Re: [Commons-l] [WikiEN-l] International Olympic Committee tells Flickr user to change license

2009-10-10 Thread Sage Ross
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl wrote: Sage Ross schreef: Yes, but the CC-BY-SA license is also (usually understood as) a contract.  I don't think the IOC is arguing that Giles doesn't own the copyright to his photos.  But agreeing to terms and conditions

[Commons-l] [WikiEN-l] International Olympic Committee tells Flickr user to change license

2009-10-09 Thread Sage Ross
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Re: [Commons-l] [WikiEN-l] International Olympic Committee tells Flickr user to change license

2009-10-09 Thread Jon Davis
Does the contract (private use only for photos) implicitly agreed to by Giles when he bought a ticket to the Olympics invalidate the CC-BY-SA license -- In my recollection, the answer is no. It is similar to someone taking a picture where it says NO PHOTOGRAPHY. They might be breaking someones