Comments on: How I got a CC license for my book — 11/8 at CC Salon http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/ Technology - Science - Pop Culture - Sex Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: annalee http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-4947 annalee Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:25:07 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/#comment-4947 That's interesting. My sense is that it's rare to have a chance to renegotiate your rights after signing them away in a contract. It's best to sign a contract you're willing to live with from the start. I was lucky that Duke UP was willing to consider a CC license, and that they took the time to think it over carefully. We did do some negotiations -- for example, we defined "noncommercial" in the copyright language that's included in the book so that it would be clear to everyone that "noncommercial" meant that nobody could sell copies for money, even if they were a nonprofit org. That’s interesting. My sense is that it’s rare to have a chance to renegotiate your rights after signing them away in a contract. It’s best to sign a contract you’re willing to live with from the start. I was lucky that Duke UP was willing to consider a CC license, and that they took the time to think it over carefully. We did do some negotiations — for example, we defined “noncommercial” in the copyright language that’s included in the book so that it would be clear to everyone that “noncommercial” meant that nobody could sell copies for money, even if they were a nonprofit org.

]]> By: Janko http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-4933 Janko Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:23:23 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/#comment-4933 Hey Annalee, maybe you can share your experience here as well? Would be interesting to read how people approach this ... I went through same thing two years ago with a German publisher - but after my book was already published. First I thought I could renegotiate my contract to get the online rights back, but they didn't like that at all. Finally they came up with an interesting solution: Instead of giving me the rights back to allow CC licensing, they decided to license it themselves as BY-NC-ND. Hey Annalee, maybe you can share your experience here as well? Would be interesting to read how people approach this …

I went through same thing two years ago with a German publisher – but after my book was already published. First I thought I could renegotiate my contract to get the online rights back, but they didn’t like that at all.

Finally they came up with an interesting solution: Instead of giving me the rights back to allow CC licensing, they decided to license it themselves as BY-NC-ND.

]]> By: annalee http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-4799 annalee Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:05:45 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/#comment-4799 This is my favorite piece of comment spam ever. This is my favorite piece of comment spam ever.

]]> By: Mr. Viddy http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 Mr. Viddy Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:17:17 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/11/06/how-i-got-a-cc-license-for-my-book-118-at-cc-salon/#comment-4770 I agree. I agree.

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