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Re: Hypocritical TechBytes ?

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____/ Ender2070 on Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 19:21 : \____

> On Tuesday, 11 October 2011 12:01:57 UTC-4, Roy Schestowitz  wrote:
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>> ____/ Ender2070 on Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 13:52 : \____
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>> > I'm curious to find out
>> > 
>> > 1) Why is the TechBytes audiocast (renamed podcast because of Apple)
>> > licensed under the creative commons? or another similar license? It's fully
>> > protected by copyright law....
>> > 
>> > 2) Why is creative commons music being relicensed under restrictive
>> > copyright without the same rights granted by the original author? Was
>> > permission obtained to do this?
>> > 
>> > It would seem hypocritical of Techrights to do this. Especially when they
>> > vehemently attack others who do this under the guise that they work for
>> > Microsoft or other such nonsense.
>> 
>> We're not against copyrights. In fact, the FSF is not against copyrights,
>> either. It even endorsed creative commons a couple of years back. Do your
>> homework, use facts please. Clue: the GPL is _based upon_ copyright law.
>> 
>> - --
>> ~~ Best of wishes
>> Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
>> http://Schestowitz.com  | GNU/Linux administration | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
>> Editor @ http://techrights.org & Broadcaster @ http://bytesmedia.co.uk/
>> Managing partner @ http://scifitness.co.uk & http://iuron.com
>> GPL-licensed 3-D Othello @ http://othellomaster.com
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> 
> Why isn't your podcast licensed under the creative commons? You include music
> by other artists who licensed their work as such (and in effect, you are
> violating a creative commons license). Aren't you doing the same thing you
> accuse corporations of doing when they use BSD licensed code and don't release
> the source code for their modifications?

You unjustifiably started a whole new threat parroting this fallacy.

To repeat:

The show is creative commons-licensed except where the tracks are not
creative commons (just freely obtainable), in which case licence compatibility
makes a sub-part non-creative commons (indicated clearly in YouTube).

- -- 
		~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
http://Schestowitz.com  | GNU/Linux administration | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Editor @ http://techrights.org & Broadcaster @ http://bytesmedia.co.uk/
Managing partner @ http://scifitness.co.uk & http://iuron.com
GPL-licensed 3-D Othello @ http://othellomaster.com
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