[Commons-l] Video licenced CC

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>    I have been downloading some video that is made from old silent film
> movies.  They are licenced cc no derivatives.  Some are remixed.  How is
> this possible?   I am thinking these old films were in the public domain
> or the remixer bought the right to publish them.  How do these clips get
> published under CC.  How does a remixer  get the right  to not allow
> remixing or derivatives?   If he did a voice over it makes sense that he
> has the right to publish his added sound but how the video?

If you use a work that is in the public domain and add creativity to
it, you can get copyrights on it (if the threshold of originallity has
been passed) and thus license the work anyway you wish.

>    If you buy publishing rights can you then publish under a CC
> licence. I am trying to figure out what I can use in making a video and
> how it is that I can't use some things and can others.  My video will be
> maybe 70% my own work but I would like to use CC music.some pictures,
> video and sounds, then publish in creative commons.
>
Usually when you buy publishing rights you buy a non-exclusive license
that is bounded to terms, which may or may not be compatible with a
certain CC license.

In principle you can use public domain works in it.

Make sure that the other CC licensed works are mutually compatible.
The vast majority of the CC licenses and musical works are under an
unfree CC license.

In case you want a reliable opinion, you should refer to lawyer.


Bryan