Comments on: I am a Journalist at High School! http://blog.yuvisense.net/2006/12/03/je-suis-un-journalist-or-i-am-a-journalist/ Yuvi, a 17 year old wannabe geek from India. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sriram Krishnan http://blog.yuvisense.net/2006/12/03/je-suis-un-journalist-or-i-am-a-journalist/#comment-532 Sriram Krishnan Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:58:04 +0000 http://blog.yuvisense.net/2006/12/03/je-suis-un-journalist-or-i-am-a-journalist/#comment-532 I think you should reconsider your choice of license - think about removing the NonCommercial part. The NonCommercial, IMHO, is one of the worst parts of CC as it is never really clear what is commercial and what isn't. For example, if I link to your article from a Microsoft-owned domain, say, blogs.msdn.com, does it constitute commercial use? Another example - if I show it in an internal presentation, is it commercial use? Almost definitely. Probably not - but like you saw in the recent Niall Kennedy/IE team issue, people have a tendency to stretch the 'NonCommercial' argument. You're protected anyway by the attribution clause - forget the NonCommercial bit. I think you should reconsider your choice of license - think about removing the NonCommercial part.

The NonCommercial, IMHO, is one of the worst parts of CC as it is never really clear what is commercial and what isn’t. For example, if I link to your article from a Microsoft-owned domain, say, blogs.msdn.com, does it constitute commercial use? Another example - if I show it in an internal presentation, is it commercial use? Almost definitely.

Probably not - but like you saw in the recent Niall Kennedy/IE team issue, people have a tendency to stretch the ‘NonCommercial’ argument.

You’re protected anyway by the attribution clause - forget the NonCommercial bit.

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