On 3/7/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Define making money out of it. If I'm a comercial company but sell at cost is that legit? What if I have a holywood accountant defineing cost?
If you're selling it to make a profit, it's not non-commercial. You are engaging in commerce after all.
What if I'm a for proffit but I'm working under contract to a charrity?
If you are using it to make a profit, then that would be a violation.
What if I put it on my blog but my blog is hosted by someone else who puts ads on the blog?
I'm not a lawyer, but if you read the whole thing it says this in section 4b:
"You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."
This, I think, is pretty clear. I'm not a lawyer, but I interpret it to mean that you can certainly put it up on your website for others to download, and even if your host has ads its ok because you are not exercising this right in a way that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation".
As I said, I'm not a lawyer, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of murky legal ground here. I mean, commerce is a pretty well defined concept. I don't see how this would be such an unclear area.
--Oskar