2008/12/23 Wilhelm Schnotz wilhelm@nixeagle.org:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Judson Dunn cohesion@sleepyhead.org wrote:
That's good news, thanks for doing this research! I bet there's some confusion abotu what self-created means, but I can't think of a better term for it really. "creation" is such a nebulous concept for many people.
Is "I am the sole author" more clear?
Not really, some folks think simply scanning an image makes them the "sole author". (of course the scanned image is a derivative of the original...)
Despite much effort by media companies, people still don't think copying is inherently wrong. The internet folk cultures tend to settle on something sort of like CC by-nc-sa, where you count as "creator" of something even if the base image wasn't originally yours.
I wonder what wording would work:
"I created this from scratch" "I am the creator and copyright owner of the original base image"
something else?
"I own" is too often taken to mean "I own the book I scanned it from"
- d.