From: Klaus Graf <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:13:05 +0100 Yes and I can envision the day when 2+2=5. As I wrote recently in a German piece on CC-BY: http://redaktionsblog.hypotheses.org/1769 the debate agianst CC-BY is a phantom debate arguing with possible disadvantages while in fact all authors of hundred thousands of articles under CC-BY are content with it. Mr. Thatcher cannot prevent poor translations of hic one opinion pice at: http://www.jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol1/iss1/5/ which has a no-commercial restriction, not a no-derivs restriction: CC-BY-NC. I will make three things clear he ignores: (i) I have to quote the legal code at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode " If You create an Adaptation, upon notice from any Licensor You must, to the extent practicable, remove from the Adaptation any credit as required by Section 4(b), as requested." This means nothing else than as ultima ratio an author can withdraw his name. And further: "Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Licensor or as may be otherwise permitted by applicable law, if You Reproduce, Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work either by itself or as part of any Adaptations or Collections, You must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author's honor or reputation." If a poor translation damages the author's honor or reputation the license isn't valid. (ii) It is possible to exercise moral rights of the copyright beside the license, e.g. to sue against the distortion of the copyrighted item. (iii) CC-BY doesn't suspend the rules and practices against scholarly misconduct, e.g. ethic codes. If a translation is poor - make a better one! Klaus Graf 2013/11/17 LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> > From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:53:50 -0600 > > Yes, and I can envision the day when an author who published his work > under a CC-BY license will come upon a translation that badly mangles > his meaning and portrays him as a poor writer and will get upset, only > to be reminded that the CC-BY license provides no protection against > poor translations. > > Sandy Thatcher > > > From: Donald Taylor <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:03:21 -0800 > > > > The URL is > > http://blog.alpsp.org/2013/11/copyright-business-or-moral-right.html > > > > Don Taylor > > Simon Fraser University Library