[Foundation-l] CC attribution with cut'n'pasted text - Tynt's Tracer Tool

[Brian]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/7/24 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/16060
> >
> > Basically, if you cut'n'paste text, it appends a CC credit line to the
> > pasted text. Obviously the paster can remove it, but it does remind
> > them this is licensed, not PD.
> >
> > Worth using for our stuff? A bit obnoxious? What do you think?
>
> I vote for "a bit obnoxious". What if they are using it as fair use,
> or under the GFDL? Or copy it to something which is already CC? Or
> something which is entirely personal use so attribution is pointless?
> Or to some large document where inline attribution is inappropriate?
>


In that case they can highlight the attribution and press backspace!