If I decide to self-publish a book what happens to the copyright? Is there a way to prevent others from claiming copyrights for a book published autonomously? Are there OS licenses specifically tuned for books?
If I decide to self-publish a book what happens to the copyright? Is there a way to prevent others from claiming copyrights for a book published autonomously? Are there OS licenses specifically tuned for books?
26 Comments
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org · 29 pts · 2y
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/
You probably want the SA (share-alike) or NC-SA (non-commercial share-alike) but take a look and decide what suits you best.
From https://creativecommons.org/faq/#do-i-have-to-provide-my-name-can-i-ask-that-my-name-be-removed :
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -10 pts · 2y
Don't go NC. Authors should be able to sell their work (and derivates too)
lud@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
The original author could sell their work anyway.
vox@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 2y
the author can still sell the work, the NC prevents other people from profiting off of it without explicit permission (this does not prevent exemptions, work can still be sold under cc-by-sa as an exemption)
billgamesh@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
It's useful as it makes it harder for AI to use it. Derivates can still reach out to ask to be allowed to sell it
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -4 pts · 2y
We shouldn't throw humans under the bus just to thwart AI. This is not the way.
billgamesh@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
I'm fine with making people email me if they want to sell derivatives of a creative work tho
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -2 pts · 2y
And if you're dead or incarcerated or otherwise uncontactable?
billgamesh@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Then I won't be suing for copyright infringement
vox@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
copyright will eventually expire after your death
and cc nc does not prevent derivatives, just profiting off of them without explicit permission, which is not that big of a deal
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -2 pts · 2y
It is a big deal! Its the difference between starving and not
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 14 pts · 2y
CC BY-SA
vox@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y
or CC BY-NC-SA (the non-commercial-use-only one)
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -8 pts · 2y
No, not NC. People should be able to feed themselves for their work
mholiv@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
With a NC license, the author still can sell the work and make money. It’s just that other people can’t.
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -4 pts · 2y
Yes. And other people should be able to use other people's work to make derivative works to feed themselves
mholiv@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I think that’s best left up to the author. Sometimes someone might prefer that their art stay independent of capitalism. I think that is a respectable position.
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -1 pts · 2y
You're not a capitalist because you need to buy food
mholiv@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
But selling other peoples’ labor would introduce it to the capitalist system. Not saying that makes you a capitalist. Just saying some people might want to keep their art out of that system.
ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
That is entirely up to the author who is creating the original work. They set the license and people can choose whether or not they want to work with the license. If i wanted to use someone else's work for commercial purposes then i would just ignore any works released under a NC license. I'm not entitled to someone else's work just because i need to eat
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -1 pts · 2y
Assholes choose not to copyleft. Assholes choose NC licensees too
s12@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 2y
RMS’s biography “Free as in Freedom” seems to be under the GNU Free Documentation License, incase that’s anything to go by.
10_0@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y
Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I hope that you will never publish a book.
10_0@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 2y