On 7/28/06, Anthere Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
I agree that allowing fair use in user space would be risky. Allowing ND or NC seems much less risky. And is a provision many people would feel like imposing on self-pictures.
Defamation and libel are illegal in their own right, and the really abusive trolls are not going to care about what some licensing button says. Commercial use? Who on Earth would want to make commercial use of my ugly mug? And if you really worry about that, use a copyleft license -- and force others to license their work freely if they include yours.
Creative Commons, with its broad license catalog, encourages the intrusion of law into what should really be social contracts. There's no need to regulate every single human interaction with copyright. It's tempting, but unnecessary. Tell people what your wishes are. Avoid people who violate your social norms. Imagine a world without copyright -- it wouldn't function all that badly. Some say it would function better.
Erik