I totally agree! Creative Commons would help YouTube. I hope they can understand that as well.
Regards, Marco Raaphorst --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "JD Lasica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan wrote: > > > Nothing stopping YouTubers from putting a cc license in and around their > > works. We don't NEED to have point-of-upload cc options to claim 'em. > > Do we? > > Naw. > > And Jay wrote: > > >you are absolutely correct. > >it would of course be easier if yoiutube et al helped educate people > >by offering the choice in their process. But anyone could insert a > >video post-roll of the CC license. > > While I agree with the sentiment -- and indeed, that's exactly what > I've done, uploaded my videos to YouTube with CC post-rolls -- I think > we should all keep in mind that by uploading to YouTube, you're > agreeing to their Terms of Service, which supersedes any conditions > you may or may not include as part of your video. > > In other words, if you include a Creative Commons noncommercial > license when you upload to YouTube, YouTube still has the right to > license your video to its business partners to show off on their > sites. As attorney Colette Vogele told me in a different context: > "Creative Commons licenses are essentially nonoperational on Yahoo! > Video." Same goes for YouTube. > > (TOS comparison: http://www.ourmedia.org/node/283309) > > Perhaps the members of this list, together with Creative Commons, > should launch a petition campaign to persuade YouTube to include CC > licenses as an option when we upload to YouTube. > > jd lasica > ourmedia.org > socialmedia.biz >
