Comments on: binary “thought”: Bruce Lehman https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2169 2002-2015 Mon, 12 May 2003 14:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: tarun https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2169#comment-1179 Mon, 12 May 2003 14:08:28 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/05/binary_thought_bruce_lehman.html#comment-1179 The CCL is perfect for this situation, maybe a require attribution clause form. I just find it scary that knowledge is being locked up in smaller and smaller boxes, hemmed in with legal language and bounty hunter attorneys armed with Cease and Desist letters.

While I certainly believe that those photos need some form of legal protection, if only the protect someone else from claiming them, the museum should ask what their goal in providing these images are and act accordingly. If it is something like “providing for the legacy of humanity” or “education and preservation” then certainly there is no harm in releasing the photos under CCL. However, if they have other goals, then maybe they should reconsider the museum business.

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