First legal test of CC-NC license in Germany
Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 17:40
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ ... 51308.html
(German only)
But this case makes the "Non-commercial" option even worse than we always said
To quickly summarize:
A government owned radio channel (no advertisements, runs at a loss and is meant for public good) used a CC-by-NC picture with full attribution and everything on their freely accessible website and was sued by the photographer because of "commercial use". In the 1st instance this was ruled as correct as according to the judge "NC" means purely "private" use!
So especially if you are in Germany avoid the "NC" option like the bubonic plague!
However it seems like this is going in the next "legal round" and this ruling might be overturned later on.
(German only)
But this case makes the "Non-commercial" option even worse than we always said
To quickly summarize:
A government owned radio channel (no advertisements, runs at a loss and is meant for public good) used a CC-by-NC picture with full attribution and everything on their freely accessible website and was sued by the photographer because of "commercial use". In the 1st instance this was ruled as correct as according to the judge "NC" means purely "private" use!
So especially if you are in Germany avoid the "NC" option like the bubonic plague!
However it seems like this is going in the next "legal round" and this ruling might be overturned later on.